Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
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Count Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg ' onMouseout='HidePop("74098")' href="/topics/Bouxwiller,_Bas-Rhin">Buchsweiler
– 25 April 1666, Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg
) was a younger son of Count Philip Wolfgang
of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1595–1641) and Countess Johanna of Oettingen-Oettingen (d. 1639).
(1559–1626) and the father of reigning count Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg
(1665–1736), but he never reigned himself. To indicate that he was not ruling Count, the ordinal number is sometimes placed in parenthesis after his name.
to Germany, the Netherlands
, England
, France
and Switzerland
. He then visited the Reichstag
in Nuremberg in 1650, which was devoted to the problems of enforcing the Peace of Westphalia
.
His father's testament awarded him the District of Lichtenau
in Hesse
and Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg
as a residence. In 1653, he participated in the Reichstag
in Regensburg.
Johann Reinhard died on 25 April 1666 and was buried in the vault in Lichtenberg Castle
. Two funeral sermons were published: one by George Linus, General Superintendent
of the county of Hanau, with a contribution of Philipp Jacob Spener and another which included a contribution by Quirinus Moscherosch
(now Bischwiller, France
) Countess Palatine
Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1640–1693). They had five children:
Furthermore, Johann Reinhard had an extramarital affair with Maria Magdalena von Lindenau (also: Lindau). Maria Magdalena (died after 1680 was the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel
Von Lindenau (died: 1 December 1640) who had earlier served in the Swedish
army and was appointed commander of the Fortress Hanau as successor of Johann Winter von Güldenborn. After his death, he was succeeded by Karl von Kasimir Landras. Johann Reinhard and Maria Magdalena had at least one son:
Johann Reinhard von Lichtenfels resided in Duisburg
in 1680. The latest evidence comes from 1689. Johan Reinhard von Lichtenfels served in the military of the Roman Catholic
Bishopric of Münster
and died without heirs.
Bouxwiller, Bas-Rhin
Bouxwiller is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.Among the city's sight is the Musée Judéo-Alsacien, dedicated to the History of Jews in Alsace, and located in the former synagogue.-References:*...
– 25 April 1666, Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg
Rheinau (Baden)
Rheinau is a town in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany and is part of the district of Ortenau.-Geography:Rheinau is located in the Upper Rhine River Plains directly on the Rhine and as such at the German-French border...
) was a younger son of Count Philip Wolfgang
Philip Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Philip Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg Philip Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg Philip Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (31 July 1595, Bouxwiller – , Bouxwiller was a count of Hanau-Lichtenberg. He ruled the county from 1625 until his death.- Youth :...
of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1595–1641) and Countess Johanna of Oettingen-Oettingen (d. 1639).
Ordinal number
Although he was a younger son and never a reigning count, he is usually referred to as Johann Reinhard (II) in the relevant literature. He was the grandson of reigning count Johann Reinhard I of Hanau-LichtenbergJohann Reinhard I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Count Johann Reinhard I of Hanau-Lichtenberg Count Johann Reinhard I of Hanau-Lichtenberg Count Johann Reinhard I of Hanau-Lichtenberg (13 February 1569, Bitche – 19 November 1625, Lichtenberg ruled the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg from 1599 to 1625.- Life :...
(1559–1626) and the father of reigning count Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg was the last of the counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg. He reigned from 1680 to 1736...
(1665–1736), but he never reigned himself. To indicate that he was not ruling Count, the ordinal number is sometimes placed in parenthesis after his name.
Life
He was sent, together with his brother John Philip, on a Grand TourGrand Tour
The Grand Tour was the traditional trip of Europe undertaken by mainly upper-class European young men of means. The custom flourished from about 1660 until the advent of large-scale rail transit in the 1840s, and was associated with a standard itinerary. It served as an educational rite of passage...
to Germany, the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. He then visited the Reichstag
Imperial Diet
Imperial Diet means the highest representative assembly in an empire, notably:* the historic institution of the Imperial Diet , either the estates in the Holy Roman Empire...
in Nuremberg in 1650, which was devoted to the problems of enforcing the Peace of Westphalia
Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was a series of peace treaties signed between May and October of 1648 in Osnabrück and Münster. These treaties ended the Thirty Years' War in the Holy Roman Empire, and the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Dutch Republic, with Spain formally recognizing the...
.
His father's testament awarded him the District of Lichtenau
Lichtenau
Lichtenau may refer to:In Germany:* Towns and municipalities:**Hessisch Lichtenau**Lichtenau, Baden-Württemberg**Lichtenau, Bavaria**Lichtenau, Saxony**Lichtenau, Westphalia* Localities:**Lichtenau, Feuchtwangen**Lichtenau, Lübbenau...
in Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
and Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg
Rheinau (Baden)
Rheinau is a town in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany and is part of the district of Ortenau.-Geography:Rheinau is located in the Upper Rhine River Plains directly on the Rhine and as such at the German-French border...
as a residence. In 1653, he participated in the Reichstag
Imperial Diet
Imperial Diet means the highest representative assembly in an empire, notably:* the historic institution of the Imperial Diet , either the estates in the Holy Roman Empire...
in Regensburg.
Johann Reinhard died on 25 April 1666 and was buried in the vault in Lichtenberg Castle
Château de Lichtenberg
The Château de Lichtenberg is a castle built on a singular prominence in the northern Vosges in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in northeastern France....
. Two funeral sermons were published: one by George Linus, General Superintendent
Superintendent
Superintendent may refer to:*Superintendent , Superintendent of Police, SP, Senior Superintendent of Police or SSP - a police rank*Superintendent or Superintendent of Prison, Superintendent of Jail, Senior Superintendent of Jail - a rank in prisons - head of a district, central or special prison...
of the county of Hanau, with a contribution of Philipp Jacob Spener and another which included a contribution by Quirinus Moscherosch
Marriage and issue
On 19 October 1659, he married in BischweilerBischwiller
Bischwiller is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France just west of the Moder River.The city is located southeast of Haguenau, west-northwest from the German border and the Rhine River , and lies north-northeast of Strasbourg.-Notable people:* Henri Baumer, master...
(now Bischwiller, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) Countess Palatine
Count palatine
Count palatine is a high noble title, used to render several comital styles, in some cases also shortened to Palatine, which can have other meanings as well.-Comes palatinus:...
Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1640–1693). They had five children:
- Johanna Magdalena (born: 18 December 1660 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg; died: August 21, 1715). She is said to have been buried in the St. Mary's Church in Hanau
- married on 5 December 1685 to Count John Charles AugustJohn, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-FalkenburgJohn Charles August of Leiningen-Dagsburg was a German nobleman. By descent, he was Count of Leiningen and Dagsburg, by heritage, he was Lord of Broich, Oberstein and Bürgel....
(born: 17 March 1662; died: 3 November 1698).- Louise Sophie (born: 11 April 1662 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg; died: 9 April 1751 in OttweilerOttweilerOttweiler is a municipality, former seat of the district of Neunkirchen, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Blies, approx. 7 km north of Neunkirchen, and 25 km northeast of Saarbrücken.The town is notable for the Ottweiler porcelain....
)
- Louise Sophie (born: 11 April 1662 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg; died: 9 April 1751 in Ottweiler
- married on 27 September 1697 to Count Frederick Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Ottweiler (born: 13 November 1651; died: 25 May 1728)
- Franziska Albertina (born: 1 May 1663 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg, died 1736 in Ottweiler); unmarried,
- Philip ReinhardPhilip Reinhard, Count of Hanau-MünzenbergPhilipp Reinhard of Hanau-Münzenberg from 1680 to 1712 in the County of Hanau-Münzenberg.- Childhood and Youth :...
(born: 2 August 1664 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg; died: 4 October 1712 at Philippsruhe Castle in HanauHanauHanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...
) - Johann Reinhard IIIJohann Reinhard III of Hanau-LichtenbergJohann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg was the last of the counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg. He reigned from 1680 to 1736...
(born: 31 July 1665 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg; died: 28 March 1736 in Philippsruhe Castle).
Furthermore, Johann Reinhard had an extramarital affair with Maria Magdalena von Lindenau (also: Lindau). Maria Magdalena (died after 1680 was the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...
Von Lindenau (died: 1 December 1640) who had earlier served in the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
army and was appointed commander of the Fortress Hanau as successor of Johann Winter von Güldenborn. After his death, he was succeeded by Karl von Kasimir Landras. Johann Reinhard and Maria Magdalena had at least one son:
- Johann Reinhard von Lichtenfels (born: 1656 or earlier; died after 1689 )
Johann Reinhard von Lichtenfels resided in Duisburg
Duisburg
- History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...
in 1680. The latest evidence comes from 1689. Johan Reinhard von Lichtenfels served in the military of the Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
Bishopric of Münster
Bishopric of Münster
The Bishopric of Münster was an ecclesiastical principality in the Holy Roman Empire, located in the northern part of today's North Rhine-Westphalia and western Lower Saxony...
and died without heirs.