Philip III of Falkenstein

Philip III of Falkenstein (German: Philipp III. von Falkenstein, 1257 - 9 February 1322), Lord of Falkenstein, Münzenberg and Lich was a member of the Lich line of the Falkenstein dynasty, son of Werner I of Falkenstein (), Lord of Münzenberg and Falkenstein, who founded the Lich line, and his wife Mechtild of Diez () (1238 - 3 December 1288).

Philip III was a member of the Bolanden ()-Falkenstein family, which were originally based at Falkenstein Castle (), in Donnersbergkreis in the Palatinate and had held part of the Münzenberg Inheritance in Wetterau since 1255.

Before 1295, his father Werner I had moved his seat away from Münzenburg to the nearby town of Lich after he had inherited another part of the Münzenberg Inheritance. Philip had a large water castle built at Lich, in order to protect the spot where the Lange Hessen () road crossed the Wetter river. While in the service of the German King Albert I, the king promoted Lich to the rank of town by a charter of 10 March 1300 - it had already been referred to as "oppidum nostrum" (our town) in 1297. In 1313, Emperor Henry VII promoted Königstein im Taunus to town rank as well, which had formerly belonged to the Nürings () and had been part of the Falkensteins' domains since 1255.

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