Philipp Ludwig II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg
| Philipp Ludwig II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg | |
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Philipp Ludwig II by Dominicus Custos
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| Spouse(s) | Catharina Belgica |
| Noble family | Hanau |
| Father | Philipp Ludwig I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg |
| Mother | Countess Magdalena of Waldeck |
| Born |
18 November 1576 Hanau |
| Died | 9 August 1612 (aged 35) Hanau |
Philipp Ludwig II of Hanau-Münzenberg (18 November 1576, in Hanau – 9 August 1612, in Hanau), was one of the most notable counts of Hanau of the early modern period, his policies bringing about sweeping changes.
Count Philipp Ludwig II of Hanau-Münzenberg was born in the castle at Hanau and baptised two weeks later on 3 December. His parents were Count Philipp Ludwig I of Hanau-Münzenberg (1553–1580) and Countess Magdalena of Waldeck (1558–1599).
He nominally succeeded his deceased father on 4 February 1580, albeit under the guardianship of Counts John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1536–1606), Louis I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1568–1607) and Philipp IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1514–1590), who was replaced in 1585 by his son, Count Philipp V of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1541–1599).
His widowed mother, Magdalena, remarried on 9 December 1581 to Count John VII, the Middle, of Nassau-Siegen (1561–1623), the son of one of the guardians. In consequence Philipp Ludwig II and his younger brother, Count Albrecht, joined the Nassau-Dillenburg court, a centre of the Reformation movement in Germany and closely tied to the Electorate of the Palatinate of the Rhine. The new ideas he encountered here greatly influenced his life.
The guardianship was ended only in 1608 at the behest of the Elector Palatine Friedrich IV (1574–1610).
During a wedding feast in Dillenburg that lasted from 23 October 1596 - 3 November 1596, he married Katharina Belgica, third daughter of William the Silent, producing the following children:
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