Philipp II of Hanau-Lichtenberg (born 31 May 1462 in

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; died: 22 August 1504 in Babenhausen) ruled the County of

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from 1480 until his death.

Early life

Philipp II was born on 31 May 1462 between 21:00 and 22:00, as the second son of the Count Philipp I, the Elder of Hanau-Babenhausen and his wife,

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. He was baptized three days after the birth, in the St. Mary's Church in Hanau. His godparents were Konrad Brelle,

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of Selbold Abbey, Wenceslaus of Cleves and Meze of Gemmingen, the widow of Eber-hard Waißen. His older brother, Johann, died young, so that Philipp succeeded his father as Count of Hanau-Babenhausen.

Family

Marriage and issue

He married on 9 September 1480 with Anna of Isenburg-Büdingen (d. 1522). A

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dispensation had been necessary for this marriage because they were related to each other in the fourth degree. They had the following children: # Philipp III (18 October 1482 – 15 May 1538). # Anna (1485 – 11 October 1559), a nun in the

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# Margaret (1486 – 6 August 1560 in Babenhausen), also nun in the Marienborn Abbey, interned for life at Babenhausen Castle, because of a "slip". She was buried in the St. Nikolaus church in Babenhausen. # Ludwig (born: 5 October 1487 in Buchsweiler; died: 3 December 1553 in

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; buried in the St. Adelphi church in

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), unmarried clergyman #

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(born: ;Estimate based on the age on which she entered into the monastery and on her siblings died: probably 1526),

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from 1512 to 1525 # Amalia (born: 7 June 1490 in Buchsweiler; died 11 March 1552 in Pfaffenhoffen; buried in the St. Adelphi church in

), a nun #

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(born: 19 February 1494 in

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; died in Buchsweiler; buried in the St. Adelphi in Neuweiler), joined the clergy

Ancestors

References

* M. Goltzené: ''Aus der Geschichte des Amtes Buchsweiler'', in: ''Pay d’Alsace'', vol. 111/112, p. 64 ff * Hatstein, hand-written chronicle in the archives of the

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* E. Haug: ''Groß-Arnsburg bei Baerental'', in: ''Wasgaublick'', vol. 19, issue 10, 1991, p. 364-419. * Bernhard Herzog: ''Chronicon Alsatiae. Elsasser Chronick unnd außführliche beschreibung des unteren Elsasses am Rheinstrom'', Strasbourg, 1592 * J. G. Lehmann: ''Urkundliche Geschichte der Grafschaft Hanau-Lichtenberg im unteren Elsasse'', two vols., 1862, reprinted: Pirmasens, 1970 * Eckhard Meise: ''Bernhard Hundeshagen - kein Denkmalschutz im Hanau des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts'', in: ''Neues Magazin für Hanauische Geschichte'', 2006, p. 3-62. * 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 *

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and Heinrich Meisner: ''Deutsche Pilgerreisen nach dem Heiligen Lande'', Berlin, 1880 * Sebastian Scholz: ''Die Inschriften der Stadt Darmstadt und des Landkreises Darmstadt-Dieburg und Groß-Gerau'' = ''Die deutschen Inschriften'' vol. 49, series Mainze, vol. 6. ed. by Akademie der Wissenschaften Mainz, Wiesbaden, 1999 * Reinhard Suchier: ''Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses'', in: ''Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894'', Hanau, 1894 * Georg Wittenberger: ''Stadtlexikon Babenhausen'', Babenhausen, 1995 * Ernst J. Zimmermann: ''Hanau Stadt und Land'', 3rd ed., Hanau 1919, reprinted: 1978

Footnotes

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