Philip Reinhard (Count of Hanau-Münzenberg)

The son of Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg , who was the youngest son of Philip Wolfgang - Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg . My father died when Philip Reinhard was only two years old, and the guardians of the children were mother Anna Magdalena Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler and uncle Christian II (the palatine of Zweibrucken-Birkenfeld) . Philippe Reinhardt first studied with his younger brother Johann Reinhard III in Strasbourg , and in 1678 he moved to his mother in Babenhausen. Then they made a grand tour , visiting Alsace and Geneva. In 1680 they traveled to Turin , in 1681 visited Paris , in 1683 - the Netherlands, England and a number of French provinces, in 1684 traveled all over Italy, in 1686 they visited the imperial court in Vienna , and on the way home they drove Bohemia and visited Saxon courtyard in Dresden .

As early as 1458, the county of Ganau was divided into Ganau-Münzenberg and Ganau-Lichtenberg. In 1610, Johann Reinhard I (Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg) and Philip Ludwig II (Count of Hanau-Münzenberg) entered into an agreement between two branches of the clan (subsequently approved by the emperor), according to which, if one of the branches of the clan was suppressed, its possessions were inherited by the other a branch of the genus. This agreement entered into force in 1642, when there were no men left in the branch that ruled Ganau-Münzenberg, and Friedrich Casimir (the eldest son of Philip Wolfgang) became the ruler of both parts of the county. However, with his fantastic projections and rash policies, he brought the county to a financial catastrophe, so in November 1669 staged a coup and seized power in the absence of Friedrich Casimir. The guardians of the heirs Christian II, Zweibrucken-Birkenfeldsky and Anna Magdalena Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, asked Emperor Leopold I to introduce compulsory control in the county. The emperor agreed with them, the advisers to Friedrich Casimir were dissolved and a new government was created, and Christian and Anna Magdalena were appointed as co-regents with the right of veto on any decisions of Friedrich Casimir.

Friedrich Casimir died on March 30, 1685. Due to the absence of children from Philip Casimir, the land of the county was inherited by his nephews: Ganau-Münzenberg received Philip Reinhard, and Ganau-Lichtenberg - Johann Reinhard III. Since they were still underage, their guardians continued to act as regents. Philip Reinhard began to rule on his own in 1687.

On February 27, 1689, Friedrich Reinhardt married the daughter of Christian II - Magdalena Claudia, but they were not lucky with the children: two children were born dead, and the third girl lived only six months. In 1701, Philippe Reinhardt began construction west of the city gate of Hanau , named in his honor "Philippsruet."

In 1704, Magdalena Claudia died, and Philip Reinhard wanted to marry her maid of honor, however, both his relatives and his advisers opposed this mesalliance, and the engagement had to be terminated. December 26, 1705, he married Charlotte Wilhelmina of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld ; this marriage was childless.

Philip Reinhard died in 1712 at Phillipsrue Castle. Due to his lack of children, the county of Ganau-Münzenberg was inherited by his younger brother Johann Reinhard III, who ruled the county of Ganau-Lichtenberg.