He was the second son of Philipp II (born: 17 August 1501; died: 28 March 1529) and his wife, Countess Juliana of Stolberg (born: 15 February 1506; died: 18 June 1580). Philipp III's elder brother died young; Philipp III was only three years old when he inherited the county. His mother and relatives petitioned the Reichskammergericht to establish a regency council. The council consisted of:
Countess Juliana of Stolberg, Philipp III's mother
Count William "the Rich" of Nassau-Siegen. He was Philipp's first cousin twice removed (a grandson of John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen, Philipp's great-great-grandfather). He married Philipp's mother during the regency.
Count Balthasar of Hanau-Münzenberg, Philipp's uncle (a younger brother of Philipp II). He appears to have done most of the work in the council, however, he died in 1534.
There was a problem: Philipp II had demanded that his younger brother Balthasar would waive his claims on Hanau-Münzenberg before he could become a regent. A deed to this effect had been prepared, but Philipp II had died before he could seal the deed. It was argued that this deed was not legally valid, because it had not been sealed, and that Balthasar therefore had a claim to rule Hanau-Münzenberg himself and that this potential claim stood in the way of his becoming a regent. This problem was resolved by arguing that Philipp II, by not sealing the deed before his death, had implicitly withdrawn his demand.
Philipp III and his younger brother Reinhard of Hanau-Münzenberg studied at the universities of Mainz and Ingolstadt. They then made a Grand Tour to Antwerp, Mechelen, Leuven, Brussels, Breda and Strasbourg and then to Buchsweiler (now: Bouxwiller in France), the "capital" of Hanau-Lichtenberg, where they visited their relatives. From Buchsweiler, they travelled to France, where they studied at Orléans and Bourges.
Reignedit
Reformationedit
During his reign — in fact, while the regency council was ruling on his behalf — the Reformation took hold in the County of Hanau-Münzenberg. Among his regency council, his uncle Balthasar was supporting the reformation, while Count Reinhard I of Solms-Lich-Hohensolms was opposed to it. Initially, the reformation was introduced gradually: when church staff retired, their successor would be a Lutheran. As early as 1523, the pastor Adolf Arborgast was includeded in the chapter of the St. Mary's church. When he was appointed, he explained that he wanted to spend little effort on vespers and the daily mass, but would instead concentrate on his sermons and putting forward the Gospel. The real reformer of Hanau was his successor Philipp Neunheller MA; during his time in office, the new faith gained more and more ground. The Catholic faith was never officially banned. The number of Catholic priests steadily decreased, as they were not replaced when they retired.
Ruling on his ownedit
In 1544, Count Philipp was declared an adult, although he was only 18 years old and the age of consent was 25 under the Jus commune. Apparently, his guardians wanted to liberate themselves from this annoying task, even if they still had to act as guardians for Philipp's younger brother Reinhard.
In 1561, Count Philipp III purchased Naumburg Castle, the former Naumburg Abbey in Wetterau, including the Jus patronatus of Bruchköbel, Oberissigheim and Kesselstadt, villages within the county of Hanau-Münzenberg.
During his reign, the renovation of Hanau City Castle and the construction of Fortress Hanau were completed. He also paid the imperial tax for the Turkish War.
Inheriting Rieneckedit
Coat of arms of Rieneck, after Scheibler's armorial 1450–1480
Coat of arms of the Lords and Counts of Hanau, after Scheibler's armorial
Count Philipp III of Rieneck co-operated closely with Count Philipp III of Hanau-Münzenberg on the issue of the Reformation and on other issue. As it was foreseeable that the Count of Rienieck would die without a male heir, he asked Emperor Karl V for permission to bequeath Rieneck to Hanau. Permission was granted in 1555. One argument used for this permission was the similarity between the coats of arms of Rieneck and Hanau, which suggested that they had from a common ancestor, which was actually not the case.
Since Emperor Karl V abdicated in the same year, Count Philipp III of Hanau-Münzenberg attempted to ask his successor Emperor Ferdinand I to confirm the permission at the Diet of Augsburg of 1558. He had, however, forgotten to bring the charter sealed by Karl, to that Ferdinand could not confirm it. Philipp III of Rieneck died on 3 September 1559, before this error could be corrected. His territory fell back to the Archbishopric of Mainz and the Bishopric of Würzburg.[1] Philipp III of Hanau could only inherit the coat of arms and the title of "Count of Rieneck".
Deathedit
Epitaph of Count Philipp III of Hanau-Münzenberg and his wife, Countess Palatine Helene of Simmern, in the St. Mary's Church in Hanau
Count Philipp III died on 14 November 1561 after six years of illness and was buried before the high altar of the St. Mary's Church in Hanau on the right side. Two Renaissance epitaphs, for Philipp and his wife, were created by Johann von Trarbach and mounted on the southern wall of the choir. These epitaphs were preserved until this day.
The Counts of Hanau-Münzenberg usually died between the ages of 20 and 40, leaving an underage son as their successor. Presumably, they suffered from some hereditary disease - which disease is unknown. Nine successive counts died of a disease before the age of 40; this is unlikely to be a coincidence.
Marriage and issueedit
Coats of arms of Count Philipp III and countess palatine Helena in the St. Mary's Church in Hanau with severe environmental damage
Dorothea (4 February 1556 – September 1638), married firstly Count Anton of Oldenburg and secondly Count Volrad of Gleichen-Kranichfeld-Ehrenstein-Blankenhain.
Reinhard Wilhelm (28 September 1557 – 17 February 1558);[2] he was buried in the choir of the St. Mary's Church in Hanau.
Johann Philipp (6 November 1559 – 22 April 1560), also buried in the choir of St. Mary's Church in Hanau
Maria (20 January 1562 – 15 February 1605), born posthumously, died unmarried.
The coats of arms of Count Philipp III and Countess Palatine Helena of Simmern can be seen at the main entrance to St. Mary's Church in Hanau — unfortunately, due to environmental weathering, they are in a poor condition.
Ancestorsedit
Ancestors of Philipp III, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg
Adrian Willem Eliza Dek: De Afstammelingen van Juliana van Stolberg tot aan het jaar van de vrede van Munster, Zaltbommel, 1968.
Reinhard Dietrich: Die Landesverfassung in dem Hanauischen, in: Hanauer Geschichtsblätter, vol. 34, Hanau, 1996, ISBN3-9801933-6-5.
Reinhard Suchier: Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses, in: Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894, Hanau, 1894.
Reinhard Suchier: Die Grabmonumente und Särge der in Hanau bestatteten Personen aus den Häusern Hanau und Hessen, in: Programm des Königlichen Gymnasiums zu Hanau, Hanau 1879, pp. 1–56.
Ernst J. Zimmermann: Hanau Stadt und Land, 3rd ed., Hanau, 1919, reprinted 1978.
Footnotesedit
^Theodor Ruf: Hanau und Rieneck. Über das wechselhafte Verhältnis zweier benachbarter Adelsgeschlechter im Mittelalter, in: Neues Magazin für Hanauische Geschichte, vol. 8, issue 6, p. 300-311 (308)
^After his funeral, a funeral sermon for him appeared in Hanau: Hessian State Archive Marburg, file 81, Hanau Government, A 28,3(2)
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Count Phillip III of Hanau Munzenberg 30 November 1526 14 November 1561 ruled the County of Hanau Munzenberg from 1529 until his death Philipp III Count of Hanau MunzenbergEpitaph of Philipp III in the St Mary s Church in HanauBorn 1526 11 30 30 November 1526Died14 November 1561 1561 11 14 aged 34 Noble familyHouse of HanauSpouse s Countess Palatine Helena of SimmernFatherPhilipp II Count of Hanau MunzenbergMotherJuliana of Stolberg Contents 1 Life 2 Reign 2 1 Reformation 2 2 Ruling on his own 2 3 Inheriting Rieneck 3 Death 4 Marriage and issue 5 Ancestors 6 References 7 FootnotesLife editHe was the second son of Philipp II born 17 August 1501 died 28 March 1529 and his wife Countess Juliana of Stolberg born 15 February 1506 died 18 June 1580 Philipp III s elder brother died young Philipp III was only three years old when he inherited the county His mother and relatives petitioned the Reichskammergericht to establish a regency council The council consisted of Countess Juliana of Stolberg Philipp III s mother Count William the Rich of Nassau Siegen He was Philipp s first cousin twice removed a grandson of John IV Count of Nassau Siegen Philipp s great great grandfather He married Philipp s mother during the regency Count Balthasar of Hanau Munzenberg Philipp s uncle a younger brother of Philipp II He appears to have done most of the work in the council however he died in 1534 Count Reinhard I of Solms Hohensolms Lich Philipp s first cousin once removed There was a problem Philipp II had demanded that his younger brother Balthasar would waive his claims on Hanau Munzenberg before he could become a regent A deed to this effect had been prepared but Philipp II had died before he could seal the deed It was argued that this deed was not legally valid because it had not been sealed and that Balthasar therefore had a claim to rule Hanau Munzenberg himself and that this potential claim stood in the way of his becoming a regent This problem was resolved by arguing that Philipp II by not sealing the deed before his death had implicitly withdrawn his demand Philipp III and his younger brother Reinhard of Hanau Munzenberg studied at the universities of Mainz and Ingolstadt They then made a Grand Tour to Antwerp Mechelen Leuven Brussels Breda and Strasbourg and then to Buchsweiler now Bouxwiller in France the capital of Hanau Lichtenberg where they visited their relatives From Buchsweiler they travelled to France where they studied at Orleans and Bourges Reign editReformation edit During his reign in fact while the regency council was ruling on his behalf the Reformation took hold in the County of Hanau Munzenberg Among his regency council his uncle Balthasar was supporting the reformation while Count Reinhard I of Solms Lich Hohensolms was opposed to it Initially the reformation was introduced gradually when church staff retired their successor would be a Lutheran As early as 1523 the pastor Adolf Arborgast was includeded in the chapter of the St Mary s church When he was appointed he explained that he wanted to spend little effort on vespers and the daily mass but would instead concentrate on his sermons and putting forward the Gospel The real reformer of Hanau was his successor Philipp Neunheller MA during his time in office the new faith gained more and more ground The Catholic faith was never officially banned The number of Catholic priests steadily decreased as they were not replaced when they retired Ruling on his own edit In 1544 Count Philipp was declared an adult although he was only 18 years old and the age of consent was 25 under the Jus commune Apparently his guardians wanted to liberate themselves from this annoying task even if they still had to act as guardians for Philipp s younger brother Reinhard In 1561 Count Philipp III purchased Naumburg Castle the former Naumburg Abbey in Wetterau including the Jus patronatus of Bruchkobel Oberissigheim and Kesselstadt villages within the county of Hanau Munzenberg During his reign the renovation of Hanau City Castle and the construction of Fortress Hanau were completed He also paid the imperial tax for the Turkish War Inheriting Rieneck edit nbsp Coat of arms of Rieneck after Scheibler s armorial 1450 1480 nbsp Coat of arms of the Lords and Counts of Hanau after Scheibler s armorialCount Philipp III of Rieneck co operated closely with Count Philipp III of Hanau Munzenberg on the issue of the Reformation and on other issue As it was foreseeable that the Count of Rienieck would die without a male heir he asked Emperor Karl V for permission to bequeath Rieneck to Hanau Permission was granted in 1555 One argument used for this permission was the similarity between the coats of arms of Rieneck and Hanau which suggested that they had from a common ancestor which was actually not the case Since Emperor Karl V abdicated in the same year Count Philipp III of Hanau Munzenberg attempted to ask his successor Emperor Ferdinand I to confirm the permission at the Diet of Augsburg of 1558 He had however forgotten to bring the charter sealed by Karl to that Ferdinand could not confirm it Philipp III of Rieneck died on 3 September 1559 before this error could be corrected His territory fell back to the Archbishopric of Mainz and the Bishopric of Wurzburg 1 Philipp III of Hanau could only inherit the coat of arms and the title of Count of Rieneck Death edit nbsp Epitaph of Count Philipp III of Hanau Munzenberg and his wife Countess Palatine Helene of Simmern in the St Mary s Church in HanauCount Philipp III died on 14 November 1561 after six years of illness and was buried before the high altar of the St Mary s Church in Hanau on the right side Two Renaissance epitaphs for Philipp and his wife were created by Johann von Trarbach and mounted on the southern wall of the choir These epitaphs were preserved until this day The Counts of Hanau Munzenberg usually died between the ages of 20 and 40 leaving an underage son as their successor Presumably they suffered from some hereditary disease which disease is unknown Nine successive counts died of a disease before the age of 40 this is unlikely to be a coincidence Marriage and issue edit nbsp Coats of arms of Count Philipp III and countess palatine Helena in the St Mary s Church in Hanau with severe environmental damageOn 22 November 1551 Count Philipp III married Countess Palatine Helena of Simmern They had five children Philipp Ludwig I 21 November 1553 4 February 1580 Dorothea 4 February 1556 September 1638 married firstly Count Anton of Oldenburg and secondly Count Volrad of Gleichen Kranichfeld Ehrenstein Blankenhain Reinhard Wilhelm 28 September 1557 17 February 1558 2 he was buried in the choir of the St Mary s Church in Hanau Johann Philipp 6 November 1559 22 April 1560 also buried in the choir of St Mary s Church in Hanau Maria 20 January 1562 15 February 1605 born posthumously died unmarried The coats of arms of Count Philipp III and Countess Palatine Helena of Simmern can be seen at the main entrance to St Mary s Church in Hanau unfortunately due to environmental weathering they are in a poor condition Ancestors editAncestors of Philipp III Count of Hanau Munzenberg8 Philipp I Count of Hanau Munzenberg 1449 1500 4 Reinhard IV Count of Hanau Munzenberg 1473 1512 9 Adriana of Nassau Siegen 1449 1477 2 Philipp II Count of Hanau Munzenberg 1501 1529 10 Gunther XXXVIII of Schwarzburg Blankenburg 1450 1484 5 Katharina of Schwarzburg Blankenburg 1470 1514 11 Katharina of Querfurt d 1521 1 Philipp III of Hanau Munzenberg12 Heinrich the Elder of Stolberg 1436 1511 6 Bodo VIII Count of Stolberg Wernigerode 1467 1538 13 Mathilde of Mansfeld d 1468 3 Juliana of Stolberg 1506 1580 14 Philipp I of Eppstein Konigstein 1459 1481 7 Anna of Eppstein Konigstein 1482 1538 15 Countess Ludovika of Mark d 1499 References editAdrian Willem Eliza Dek De Afstammelingen van Juliana van Stolberg tot aan het jaar van de vrede van Munster Zaltbommel 1968 Reinhard Dietrich Die Landesverfassung in dem Hanauischen in Hanauer Geschichtsblatter vol 34 Hanau 1996 ISBN 3 9801933 6 5 Reinhard Suchier Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses in Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner funfzigjahrigen Jubelfeier am 27 August 1894 Hanau 1894 Reinhard Suchier Die Grabmonumente und Sarge der in Hanau bestatteten Personen aus den Hausern Hanau und Hessen in Programm des Koniglichen Gymnasiums zu Hanau Hanau 1879 pp 1 56 Ernst J Zimmermann Hanau Stadt und Land 3rd ed Hanau 1919 reprinted 1978 Footnotes edit Theodor Ruf Hanau und Rieneck Uber das wechselhafte Verhaltnis zweier benachbarter Adelsgeschlechter im Mittelalter in Neues Magazin fur Hanauische Geschichte vol 8 issue 6 p 300 311 308 After his funeral a funeral sermon for him appeared in Hanau Hessian State Archive Marburg file 81 Hanau Government A 28 3 2 Philipp III Count of Hanau MunzenbergHouse of HanauBorn 30 November 1526 Died 14 November 1561Preceded byPhilipp II Count of Hanau Munzenberg1529 1561 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