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The County of Hanau-Münzenberg was a territory within the Holy Roman Empire. It emerged when the County of Hanau was divided in 1458, the other part being the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg. Due to common heirs, both counties were merged from 1642 to 1685 and from 1712 to 1736. In 1736 the last member of the House of Hanau died and the Landgrave ...
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Reinhard IV was born the son of Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg and his wife, Countess Adriana of Nassau-Siegen (1449–1477). His godfather was Prince-abbot Johann II of Henneberg-Schleusingen of the Fulda monastery. Reinhard IV made several journeys in his youth: in 1493 to the Palatine court at Heidelberg and in 1495 to the Diet of Worms.
- 14 March 1473
- House of Hanau
- 30 January 1512 (aged 38)
- St. Mary's Church in Hanau
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Erbprinz Wilhelm (IX.) regierte so als letzter Graf von Hanau in Hanau von 1760/1764 bis 1785. In seinem Bemühen, die Grafschaft Hanau-Münzenberg zu modernisieren, war er erfolgreich. Die Residenzstadt Hanau wurde ausgebaut, die Kuranlage Wilhelmsbad – Baubeginn 1777 –, deren eisenhaltige Quelle 1709 entdeckt worden war, errichtet.
Ehrengard of Isenburg-Büdingen. Johann Ernst of Hanau-Münzenberg-Schwarzenfels (13 June 1613 in Schwarzenfels – 12 January 1642 in Hanau ), was the last Count of the Hanau-Münzenberg line. He succeeded his grand-nephew Philipp Ludwig III in 1641. When Johann Ernst died in 1642, Hanau-Münzenberg fell to the Hanau-Lichtenberg line.
- House of Hanau
- 12 January 1642 (aged 28), Hanau
- 13 June 1613, Schwarzenfels
- Albrecht of Hanau-Münzenberg
Johann Ernst (Hanau-Münzenberg) Johann Ernst von Hanau-Münzenberg-Schwarzenfels (* 13. Juni 1613 in Schwarzenfels; † 12. Januar 1642 in Hanau) war der letzte Graf aus dem Haus Hanau-Münzenberg. Er folgte 1641 seinem Großneffen Philipp Ludwig III. in der Regierung der Grafschaft Hanau-Münzenberg.
Jakob Johann von Hanau-Münzenberg. Graf Jakob Johann von Hanau-Münzenberg (* 28. Juli 1612; † 9./. 19. Juni 1636, gefallen bei Zabern) war ein nachgeborener Sohn des Grafen Philipp Ludwig II. von Hanau-Münzenberg (1576–1612) und der Fürstin Katharina Belgica (1578–1648), einer Tochter Wilhelms I. von Oranien-Nassau, des Schweigers.
Allerdings war Christoph Pezel, zuletzt Superintendent von Bremen, zum Zeitpunkt der Ernennung von Heinrich Ludwig schon mehr als zehn Jahre verstorben. Zusammen mit seinem Bruder, Graf Jakob Johann von Hanau-Münzenberg, erhielt er 1631 von König Gustav II.
