Philipp Reinhard, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg
| Philipp Reinhard | |
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| Count of Hanau-Münzenberg | |
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| Spouse(s) |
Countess Palatine Magdalena Claudia of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler Charlotte Wilhelmine of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
| Noble family | House of Hanau |
| Father | Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
| Mother | Anna Magdalena, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld |
| Born |
2 August 1664 Bischofsheim am hohen Steg |
| Died | 4 October 1712 (aged 48) Philippsruhe Castle, Hanau |
Philipp Reinhard of Hanau-Münzenberg (2 August 1664, Bischofsheim am hohen Steg – 4 October 1712, Philippsruhe Castle, Hanau) from 1680 to 1712 in the County of Hanau-Münzenberg.
Philipp Reinhard was born in 1664 Bischofsheim am hohen Steg (now Rheinbischofsheim) as a child of Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg and the Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. When his father died in 1666, his mother and his uncle Duke Christian II of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1654–1717) became guardian for him and his younger brother Johann Reinhard III.
He was educated together with his younger brother Johann Reinhard III, initially in Strasbourg. In 1678, they moved to Babenhausen, where their mother lived at the time. In 1678, they started a Grand Tour to the Alsace, Switzerland and Geneva. In 1690, the travelled for a year in Savoy and Turin, in 1681 to Paris, in 1683 to the Netherlands, England and some French provinces. In early 1684, they were in Milan, from there they went to see the carnival in Venice, followed by a trip to Rome (with audiences with Pope Innocent XII and queen Christina of Sweden), then to Naples, Florence, Modena, Parma and Mantua. In 1686, they visited the imperial court in Vienna and on the way back, they traveled to Bohemia and visited the Electoral Saxon court in Dresden.
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