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County of Hanau

Index County of Hanau

The County of Hanau was a territory within the Holy Roman Empire, evolved out of the Lordship of Hanau in 1429. [1]

50 relations: Age of Enlightenment, Calvinism, Catholic Church, Count, Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg, Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach, Dutch colonisation of the Guianas, Dutch West India Company, Faience, Frankfurt, Friedrich Casimir, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl, German colonization of the Americas, Graf, Hanau, Hanau-Lichtenberg, Hanau-Münzenberg, Herrschaft (territory), Holy Roman Empire, Johann Ernst, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg, Johann Joachim Becher, Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Kinzig (Main), Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, Lordship of Hanau, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Lutheranism, Main (river), Mercantilism, Napoleonic Wars, Otto I, Count Palatine of Mosbach, Partenstein, Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg, Philipp Ludwig II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg, Philipp Moritz, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg, Philipp Reinhard, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg, Primogeniture, Reichskammergericht, Reinhard II, Count of Hanau, Reinhard III, Count of Hanau, Schlüchtern, Sibylle Christine of Anhalt-Dessau, Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Spessart, Thirty Years' War.

Age of Enlightenment

The Enlightenment (also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason; in lit in Aufklärung, "Enlightenment", in L’Illuminismo, “Enlightenment” and in Spanish: La Ilustración, "Enlightenment") was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century, "The Century of Philosophy".

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Calvinism

Calvinism (also called the Reformed tradition, Reformed Christianity, Reformed Protestantism, or the Reformed faith) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice of John Calvin and other Reformation-era theologians.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Count

Count (Male) or Countess (Female) is a title in European countries for a noble of varying status, but historically deemed to convey an approximate rank intermediate between the highest and lowest titles of nobility.

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Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg

Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (1602–1651) was Landgravine consort and Regent of Hesse-Kassel.

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Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Charlotte, Countess of Hanau-Lichtenberg, full name: Countess Charlotte Christine Magdalene Johanna of Hanau-Lichtenberg (2 May 1700, Bouxwiller – 1 July 1726, Darmstadt) was the wife of landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt.

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Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach

Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach (2 March 1432 – 14 September 1457) was the eldest daughter of Count Palatine Otto I of Mosbach and his wife, Johanna of Bavaria-Landshut.

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Dutch colonisation of the Guianas

Dutch colonisation of the Guianas the coastal region between the Orinoco and Amazon rivers in South America began in the early 16th century.

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Dutch West India Company

Dutch West India Company (Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie, or GWIC; Chartered West India Company) was a chartered company (known as the "WIC") of Dutch merchants as well as foreign investors.

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Faience

Faience or faïence is the conventional name in English for fine tin-glazed pottery on a delicate pale buff earthenware body.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt, officially the City of Frankfurt am Main ("Frankfurt on the Main"), is a metropolis and the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany.

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Friedrich Casimir, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Friedrich Casimir of Hanau (born 4 August 1623 in Bouxwiller; died: 30 March 1685 in Hanau) was a member of the Hanau-Lichtenberg branch of the House of Hanau.

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Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl

Georg II of Fleckenstein Dagstuhl (2 February 1588 – 31 January 1644) was the last baron of the house of Fleckenstein.

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German colonization of the Americas

The German colonization of the Americas consisted of German settlements in Venezuela (Klein-Venedig, also Welser-Kolonie), St. Thomas, Crab Island (Guyana), and Ter Tholen (Tortola) in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Graf

Graf (male) or Gräfin (female) is a historical title of the German nobility, usually translated as "count".

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Hanau

Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany.

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Hanau-Lichtenberg

The County of Hanau-Lichtenberg was a territory in the Holy Roman Empire.

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Hanau-Münzenberg

The County of Hanau-Münzenberg was a territory within the Holy Roman Empire.

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Herrschaft (territory)

In the German feudal system, a Herrschaft was the fiefdom of a lord, who in this area exercised full feudal rights.

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Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire (Sacrum Romanum Imperium; Heiliges Römisches Reich) was a multi-ethnic but mostly German complex of territories in central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806.

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Johann Ernst, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

Johann Ernst of Hanau-Münzenberg-Schwarzenfels (13 June 1613 in Schwarzenfels – 12 January 1642 in Hanau), was the last Count of the Hanau-Münzenberg line.

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Johann Joachim Becher

Johann Joachim Becher (6 May 1635 – October 1682) was a German physician, alchemist, precursor of chemistry, scholar and adventurer, best known for his development of the phlogiston theory of combustion, and his advancement of Austrian cameralism.

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Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Count Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg (in Bouxwiller – 25 April 1666 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg) was a younger son of Count Philipp Wolfgang of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1595–1641) and Countess Johanna of Oettingen-Oettingen (d. 1639).

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Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg (31 July 1665 in Bischofsheim am hohen Steg (now called Rheinbischofsheim) – 28 March 1736 in Schloss Philippsruhe, Hanau) was the last of the counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg.

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Kinzig (Main)

The Kinzig is a river, 87 kilometres long, in southern Hesse, Germany.

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Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt

The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a younger branch of the House of Hesse.

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Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel

The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel), spelled Hesse-Cassel during its entire existence, was a state in the Holy Roman Empire that was directly subject to the Emperor.

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Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor

Leopold I (name in full: Leopold Ignaz Joseph Balthasar Felician; I.; 9 June 1640 – 5 May 1705) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia.

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Lordship of Hanau

The Lordship of Hanau was a territory within the Holy Roman Empire.

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Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Louis VIII (German: Ludwig) (5 April 1691 – 17 October 1768) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1739 to 1768.

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Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestant Christianity which identifies with the theology of Martin Luther (1483–1546), a German friar, ecclesiastical reformer and theologian.

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Main (river)

The Main (is a river in Germany. With a length of (including its 52 km long source river White Main), it is the longest right tributary of the Rhine. It is also the longest river lying entirely in Germany (if the Weser and the Werra are considered as two separate rivers; together they are longer). The largest cities along the Main are Frankfurt am Main and Würzburg.

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Mercantilism

Mercantilism is a national economic policy designed to maximize the trade of a nation and, historically, to maximize the accumulation of gold and silver (as well as crops).

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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European powers formed into various coalitions, financed and usually led by the United Kingdom.

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Otto I, Count Palatine of Mosbach

Otto I (24 August 1390 – 5 July 1461) was the Count Palatine of Mosbach from 1410 until 1448, and the Count Palatine of Mosbach-Neumarkt from 1448 until 1461.

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Partenstein

Partenstein is a community in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and the seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Partenstein.

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Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (also known as Philipp the Elder; born: 8 November 1417 at Windecken Castle in Windecken, now part of Nidderau; died: 10 May 1480 in Ingweiler, now called: Ingwiller) was Count of Hanau.

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Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

Count Philipp I of Hanau-Münzenberg, nicknamed Philipp the Younger, (20 September 1449, at Windecken Castle – 26 August 1500) was a son of Count Reinhard III of Hanau and Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach.

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Philipp Ludwig II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

Philipp Ludwig II of Hanau-Münzenberg (18 November 1576, in Hanau – 9 August 1612, in Hanau), was one of the most notable counts of Hanau of the early modern period, his policies bringing about sweeping changes.

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Philipp Moritz, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

Philipp Moritz of Hanau-Münzenberg (25 August 1605 – 3 August 1638 in Hanau) succeeded his father as Count of Hanau-Münzenberg in 1612.

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Philipp Reinhard, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

Philipp Reinhard of Hanau-Münzenberg (2 August 1664, Bischofsheim am hohen Steg – 4 October 1712, Philippsruhe Castle, Hanau) from 1680 to 1712 in the County of Hanau-Münzenberg.

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Primogeniture

Primogeniture is the right, by law or custom, of the paternally acknowledged, firstborn son to inherit his parent's entire or main estate, in preference to daughters, elder illegitimate sons, younger sons and collateral relatives; in some cases the estate may instead be the inheritance of the firstborn child or occasionally the firstborn daughter.

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Reichskammergericht

The Reichskammergericht (Imperial Chamber Court; Iudicium imperii) was one of two highest judicial institutions in the Holy Roman Empire, the other one being the Aulic Council in Vienna.

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Reinhard II, Count of Hanau

Reinhard II of Hanau (– 26 June 1451 in Hanau) was Lord of Hanau and from 1429 Count of Hanau.

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Reinhard III, Count of Hanau

Count Reinhard III of Hanau (22 April 1412 – 20 April 1452 in Heidelberg) was Count of Hanau from 1451 until his death.

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Schlüchtern

Schlüchtern is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany.

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Sibylle Christine of Anhalt-Dessau

Sibylle Christine of Anhalt-Dessau (Dessau, 11 July 1603 – Hanau, 21 February 1686), was by birth a member of the House of Ascania and princess of Anhalt-Dessau.

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Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 in Nuremberg – 9 December 1437 in Znaim, Moravia) was Prince-elector of Brandenburg from 1378 until 1388 and from 1411 until 1415, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1387, King of Germany from 1411, King of Bohemia from 1419, King of Italy from 1431, and Holy Roman Emperor for four years from 1433 until 1437, the last male member of the House of Luxembourg.

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Spessart

Spessart is a Mittelgebirge, a range of low wooded mountains, in the States of Bavaria and Hesse in Germany.

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Thirty Years' War

The Thirty Years' War was a war fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Hanau

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