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Life. She was a daughter of Count Philip III of Hanau-Münzenberg and Countess Palatine Helena of Simmern.. On 15 June 1571 Dorothea married with Count Anton of Ortenburg (5 September 1530 – 23 May 1573), a member of the Aulic Council and governor of Heidenheim on behalf of Württemberg and son of Count Joachin of Ortenburg, who with his ally Frederick III, Elector Palatine established the ...
Amalie Elisabeth was born between 2 and 3 o'clock in the afternoon of 28 January 1602 to Philip Louis II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg and Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau. Her mother was a daughter of William the Silent, making Amalie Elisabeth the niece of her contemporary Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange.
From 1496 to 1500, Reinhard IV acted as co-ruler alongside his father who was already disabled by old age. He was the first count to use the name Hanau-Münzenberg, to distinguish his line from his relatives in Hanau-Lichtenberg. The two lines had existed since the county was divided between Philipp the Elder and Philipp the Younger in 1458.
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1625–1641. Philipp Wolfgang. 1641–1680. Friedrich Casimir. Also count of Hanau-Münzenberg. 1680–1736. Johann Reinhard III. Also count of Hanau-Münzenberg. In 1736, Hanau-Lichtenberg fell to Hesse-Darmstadt.
