Count Philip Louis II of Hanau-Münzenberg

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Philip Louis II of Hanau-Münzenberg (18 November 1576 Hanau - 9 August 1612 Hanau), was one of the most notable counts of Hanau of the early modern period, his policies bringing about sweeping changes.

Count Philip Louis II of Hanau-Münzenberg was born in the castle at Hanau and baptised two weeks later on 3 December. His parents were Count Philip Louis I of Hanau-Münzenberg (1553-1580) and Magdalena, Countess of Waldeck (1558-1599).

[edit]Guardianship

He nominally succeeded his deceased father on 4 February 1580, albeit under the guardianship of John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1536-1606), Count Ludwig I of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1568-1607) and Count Philipp IV of Hanau -Lichtenberg (1514-1590), replaced in 1585 by his son, Count Philipp V von Hanau-Lichtenberg (1541-1599). The guardianship ended only in 1608.

His widowed mother, Magdalena, was remarried on 9 December 1581 to Count Johann VII, the Middle, of Nassau-Siegen (1561-1623), the son of one of the guardians. In consequence Philip Louis II and his younger brother, Count Albrecht, joined the Nassau-Dillenburg court, a centre of the Reformation movement in Germany and closely tied to the Electoral Palatinate of the Rhine. The new ideas he encountered here greatly influenced his life.

The guardianship was ended only in 1608 at the behest of the Elector Friedrich IV (1574–1610).

[edit]Family

During a wedding feast in Dillenburg that lasted from 23 October 1596 - 3 November 1596, he married Catherine Belgica, producing the following children:

Charlotte Louise (1597–1649 Kassel), not married

Daughter (29 July 1598 - 9 August 1598), died unbaptised

Philipp Ulrich (2 January 1601 - 7 April 1604 Steinau)

Amalia Elisabeth (1602–1651 Kassel), married to Wilhelm V of Hesse-Kassel

Katharina Juliane (1604–1668 Hanau), married first on 11 September 1631 to Count Albert Otto II. of Solms-Laubach, Rödelheim and Assenheim and second on 31 March 1642 to Moritz Christian von Wied-Runkel

Philipp Moritz (1605–1638), buried in the Marienkirche in Hanau

Wilhelm Reinhard (1607–1630 Aachen), buried in the Marienkirche in Hanau

Heinrich Ludwig (1609–1632) died during the Siege of Maastricht

Friedrich Ludwig (27 July 1610 - 4 October 1628 Paris), buried in the family tomb of the Duke of Bouillon in Sedan

Jakob Johann (1612–1636 Zabern), buried in St. Nicholas in Strasbourg

[edit]References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.