County of Hanau
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The County of Hanau was a territory within the Holy Roman Empire, evolved out of the Lordship of Hanau in 1429. From 1456 to 1642 and from 1685 to 1712 it was divided into the County of Hanau-Münzenbe
County of Hanau by Friedrich Zollmann 1728.
Reinhard III, 2nd count of Hanau
Philipp I (the younger), 3rd count of Hanau
Friedrich Casimir, 4th count of Hanau
When the German Empire came into existence in 1871, none of its constituent states had any overseas colonies. Only after the Berlin Conference in 1884 did Germany begin to acquire new overseas possess
County of Hanau
…Germany. On the other hand, the count's extravagant initiative to lease Guiana from the Dutch West India Company was a devastating experiment. These Hanauish-Indies (Hanauisch-Indien) never became a reality but nearly let his county into bankruptcy. So in 1670 his nearest relatives staged a palace revolution trying…
Fort Groß Friedrichsburg at the time of its completion in 1686
The ruins of Fort Groß Friedrichsburg today
1684 painting of the Brandenburg Navy