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

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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

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to Germany, the

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and Switzerland. He then visited the Reichstag in Nuremberg in 1650, which was devoted to the problems of enforcing the Peace of Westphalia. His father's testament awarded him the District of Lichtenau in

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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

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of the county of Hanau, with a contribution of

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and another which included a contribution by Quirinus Moscherosch.

Marriage and issue

On 19 October 1659, he married in Bischweiler (now Bischwiller,

)

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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) : 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) * 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 von Lindenau (died: 1 December 1640) who had earlier served in the

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army and was appointed commander of the Fortress Hanau as successor of Johann Winter von Güldenborn. 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

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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

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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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