Count Johann Reinhard II of
Hanau-Lichtenberg
The County of Hanau-Lichtenberg was a territory in the Holy Roman Empire. It emerged between 1456 and 1480 from a part of the County of Hanau and one half of the Barony of Lichtenberg. Following the extinction of the counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg in ...
( in
Bouxwiller – 25 April 1666 in
Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg) was a younger son of Count
Philipp Wolfgang of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1595–1641) and Countess Johanna of
Oettingen-Oettingen
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(d. 1639).
Ordinal number
Although he was a younger son and never a reigning count, he is usually referred to as ''Johann Reinhard (II)'' in the relevant literature. He was the grandson of reigning
Johann Reinhard I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Count Johann Reinhard I of Hanau-Lichtenberg (13 February 1569, Bitche (german: Bitsch) – 19 November 1625 Lichtenberg) ruled the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg from 1599 to 1625.
Life
Johann Reinhard I, was the son of Philipp V, Count of Han ...
(1559–1626) and the father of reigning
Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg (31 July 1665 in Bischofsheim am hohen Steg (now called Rheinbischofsheim) – 28 March 1736 in ''Schloss Philippsruhe'', Hanau) was the last of the counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg. He reigned from 1680 to 17 ...
(1665–1736), but he never reigned himself. To indicate that he was not ruling Count, the ordinal number is sometimes placed in parenthesis after his name.
Life
He was sent, together with his brother
Johann Philipp, on a
Grand Tour
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to Germany, the
Netherlands
)
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,
England
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,
France
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and
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. He then visited the
Reichstag in Nuremberg in 1650, which was devoted to the problems of enforcing the
Peace of Westphalia
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.
His father's testament awarded him the District of
Lichtenau in
Hesse
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and
Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg as a residence. In 1653, he participated in the Reichstag in Regensburg.
Johann Reinhard died on 25 April 1666 and was buried in the vault in
Lichtenberg Castle. Two funeral sermons were published: one by Georg Linus, General
Superintendent
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of the county of Hanau, with a contribution of
Philipp Jacob Spener
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and another which included a contribution by
Quirinus Moscherosch
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Name
Attestations
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.
Marriage and issue
On 19 October 1659, he married in
Bischweiler (now Bischwiller,
France
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)
Countess Palatine
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Non-Hereditary, 1085–1156
House of Hohenstaufen, 1156–1195
House of Welf, 1195–1214
House of Wit ...
Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1640–1693). They had five children:
*
Johanna Magdalena (born: 18 December 1660 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg; died: 21 August 1715). She is said to have been buried in the St. Mary's Church in Hanau
: married on 5 December 1685 to Count
Johann Karl August (17 March 1662 – 3 November 1698).
*
Louise Sophie (11 April 1662 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg – 9 April 1751 in
Ottweiler
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)
: married on 27 September 1697 to Count
Friedrich Ludwig of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Ottweiler (13 November 1651 – 25 May 1728)
* Franziska Albertina (1 May 1663 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg – 1736 in Ottweiler); unmarried,
*
Philipp Reinhard (2 August 1664 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg – 4 October 1712 at Philippsruhe Castle in
Hanau
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)
*
Johann Reinhard III (31 July 1665 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg – 28 March 1736 in Philippsruhe Castle).
Furthermore, Johann Reinhard had an extramarital affair with Maria Magdalena von Lindenau (also: Lindau). Maria Magdalena (died after 1680) was the daughter of
Lieutenant Colonel
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von Lindenau (died: 1 December 1640) who had earlier served in the
Swedish
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army and was appointed commander of the Fortress Hanau as successor of
Johann Winter von Güldenborn
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. After his death, he was succeeded by Karl Kasimir von Landras. Johann Reinhard and Maria Magdalena had at least one son:
* Johann Reinhard von Lichtenfels (born: 1656 or earlier; died after 1689 )
Johann Reinhard von Lichtenfels resided in
Duisburg
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in 1680. The latest evidence comes from 1689.
[Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg, stock file O.I.a of 22 Mai 1689. Other documents relating to him there, are dated 24 May 1680, 26 December 1685 and 16 April 1689] Johan Reinhard von Lichtenfels served in the military of the
Roman Catholic
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Bishopric of Münster
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History
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and died without heirs.
Ancestors
References
* Georg Friedrich Dhein: ''Sammlungen zur Hanauer Geschichte'', 7 volumes, unpublished. (After a typescript (partial) copy from the City Library Hanau, department ''Hanau-Hesse'', signature: I b 2 D).
* Reinhard Dietrich: ''Die Landesverfassung in dem Hanauischen'' = ''Hanauer Geschichtsblätter'', vol. 34, Hanau, 1996,
* ''Katalog der Leichenpredigten und sonstigen Trauerschriften im Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt'' = ''Marburger Personalschriftenforschungen'', vol. 13, Sigmaringen, 1991.
* Rudolf Lenz: ''Katalog der Leichenpredigten und sonstigen Trauerschriften in der Hessischen Hochschul- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt'' = ''Marburger Personalschriftenforschungen'', vol 11, Sigmaringen, 1990.
* Wilhelm Morhardt: ''Hanau alt's - in Ehren b'halt's - Die Grafen von Hanau-Lichtenberg in Geschichte und Geschichten'' = ''Babenhausen einst und jetzt'', vol. 10, Babenhausen, 1984.
* Reinhard Suchier: ''Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses'', in: ''Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894'', Hanau, 1894.
* Reinhard Suchier: ''Die Grabmonumente und Särge der in Hanau bestatteten Personen aus den Häusern Hanau und Hessen'', in: ''Programm des Königlichen Gymnasiums zu Hanau'', Hanau, 1879, pp. 1–56.
* Ernst J. Zimmermann: ''Hanau Stadt und Land'', 3rd ed., Hanau, 1919, reprinted 1978.
Footnotes
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1628 births
1666 deaths
People from Bas-Rhin
Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg
House of Hanau