Count Philipp I of Hanau-Münzenberg, nicknamed Philipp the Younger, was a son of Count Reinhard III of Hanau and Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach. He was the Count of Hanau from 1452 to 1458. The county was then divided between him and his uncle Philipp the Elder. Philipp the Younger received Hanau-Münzenberg and ruled there from 1458 until his death.
Count Philipp I "the Younger" of Hanau, on the altar piece in Wörth am Main
Count Philipp I the Younger of Hanau, shown as Roman captain in the crucifixion scene on the altar at Wörth am Main
Coat of arms of Count Philipp I on his grave stone in the St. Mary's Church in Hanau
Coat of arms of Adriana of Nassau-Siegen on her gravestone in the St Mary's Church in Hanau
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The County of Hanau-Lichtenberg was a territory in the Holy Roman Empire. It emerged between 1456 and 1480 from a part of the County of Hanau and one half of the Barony of Lichtenberg. Following the extinction of the counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg in 1736 it went to Hesse-Darmstadt, minor parts of it to the Hesse-Cassel. Its centre was in the lower Alsace, the capital first Babenhausen, later Buchsweiler.
The portion of Hanau-Lichtenberg (in blue) within Alsace at the time it was annexed by France in 1680
Philip I (the Elder), progenitor of the line of Hanau-Lichtenberg on his epitaph in the municipal church of St. Nicholas in Babenhausen
Lichtenberg Castle from a Merian copperplate