Philip I Count of Hanau-Münzenberg Biography

Count Philip I of Hanau-Münzenberg nicknamed Philip 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. He was the Count of Hanau from 1452 to 1458. The county was then divided between him and his uncle Philip the Elder. Philip the Younger received Hanau-Münzenberg and ruled there from 1458 until his death.