Philipp Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Philipp Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Spouse(s)	Johanna of Oettingen Dorothea Diana of Salm
Noble family	House of Hanau
Father	Johann Reinhard I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Mother	Countess Maria Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim
Born	31 July 1595 Bouxwiller
Died	24 February [O.S. 14 February] 1641 Bouxwiller
Buried	Lichtenberg

Philipp Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (31 July 1595, Bouxwiller (German: Buchsweiler) – 24 February [O.S. 14 February] 1641, Bouxwiller) was a count of Hanau-Lichtenberg. He ruled the county from 1625 until his death.

Philipp Wolfgang was a son of Count Johann Reinhard I of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1569–1625) and his wife Countess Maria Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim (1576–1605). He attended the University of Strasbourg. His Grand Tour took him via Germany to France, Italy and England.

The focus of the government of Count Philipp Wolfgang were the problems caused by the Thirty Years' War. It is reported that he mostly led the government personally and consequently had to travel a lot. This is inconsistent with the later references, which report that he was frequently ill.

His father had initiated a relatively successful policy of neutrality. He tried to continue this policy, but failed. In 1631, the war hit the district of Babenhausen, where imperial troops occupied and looted the city and Babenhausen Castle. One year later, a Swedish army led by Wolf Heinrich von Isenburg invaded the district. Between 23 February and 28 March 1635, the city was (unsuccessfully) besieged by the imperial army, led by Philipp von Mansfeld. In 1636, the Archbishopric of Mainz occupied Babenhausen.

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