28:
444:. Georg II, however, found himself forced, not only to allow Calvinists to worship freely, but even to limit Lutheranism to the chapel in Hanau's city palace. Only in 1658 was Friedrich Casimir able to build a Lutheran church in Hanau, the St. Johann's church. In 1670, Hanau-MĂĽnzenberg officially became bi-confessional, although that did not stop the fierce debate among the confessions. It wasn't until 140 years later that the two churches in Hanau-MĂĽnzenberg could be united.
420:). City politics in New Hanau were dominated by wealthy merchants and traders who had acquired a very strong position in Hanau-MĂĽnzenberg due to their economic power. They intended to use the weak position of the new count and his regent to demand some concessions before he would accept his inheritance. After negotiating for ten days, Georg II concluded that he had no option but to give in to their demands. Their main demand was continuation of the religious
113:(2 February 1588 – 31 January 1644) was the last baron of the house of Fleckenstein. He was the eldest son of Philipp Wolfgang of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl (d. 1618) and his first wife, Anna Alexandria of Rappoltstein (7 March 1565 – 9 April 1610). Georg II gained considerable power as guardian and regent of the still
389:
who had been born a
Countess of Hanau-MĂĽnzenberg and was Regent of Hesse-Kassel at the time, provided Georg II with diplomatic and political support. She aimed to preserve all of Hanau-MĂĽnzenberg's territory, because the county was heavily indebted to Hesse-Kassel. In return, Georg II as regent of
373:. Their legal position was fairly weak, since there was a clear family relationship between Johann Ernst and Friedrich Casimir, and moreover the inheritance treaty from 1610 between the Hanau-Lichtenberg and Hanau-MĂĽnzenberg lines clearly applied. However, in the confusion of the
294:. This was the only case in the history of Hanau where a regent was appointed who was of lower rank than his ward. However, Count Johann Ernst, who was the closest living relative, and had the proper feudal rank, however, he lived in faraway Hanau.
390:
Hanau-MĂĽnzenberg, signed an inheritance treaty with Hesse-Kassel, promising that if the House of Hanau were to die out in the male line, then Hanau-MĂĽnzenberg would fall to Hesse-Kassel. He also gave Hesse-Kassel the district of
257:, where he was joined by the ruling family of Hanau-Lichtenberg. He resided at "Fleckenstein Court" on MĂĽnstergasse street. Fleckenstein was administered by a member of the Fleckenstein-Bickenbach-Sulz line of his family.
337:
Count Johann Ernst died on 12 January 1642, leaving Georg II as the only remaining guardian and regent. His ward, Count
Friedrich Casimir, inherited Hanau-MĂĽnzenberg in a politically precarious situation:
286:
of Hanau-MĂĽnzenberg. Georg II was selected, because there were no male-line members of the Hanau-Lichtenberg line left, and Georg II was related in the female line, his grandmother being
377:, things were decided by a nobleman's military power, not by the legality or otherwise of his legal position. Georg II acknowledged the problem and ensured his position was supported by
282:
decree, which was in force in the ruling family of Hanau since 1375. In case
Friedrich Casimir was still underage when he inherited the county, his regents would be Georg II and Count
464:
Count
Friedrich Casimir of Hanau was still considered underage in 1644, as the coming of age only happened at age 25. Count Georg Albrecht of Erbach was appointed as the new regent.
342:
Even travelling to Hanau-MĂĽnzenberg through enemy territory was difficult. Friedrich
Casimir had to travel in disguise, with only a numerically small company, including Georg II.
404:, the capital of the county, consisted to two legally separate cities: The old and the new town. The latter had been created at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries to settle
209:
with a pistol shot. He retired in 1622 — turning down offers to become a general in the Danish, English or
Swedish army — and focussed on the administration of his own barony.
1050:
382:
433:
310:
275:
230:
118:
234:
245:. However, when the imperial side grew stronger, he found it impossible to maintain this policy. He sold the Dagstuhl part of his territory to Archbishop
317:. As these children were underage, a guardian was needed. Georg II took up this task, although he had been offered an attractive alternative: to become
283:
608:
291:
190:
1085:
314:
1029:"...wegen geführten großen Staats, aber schlechter Zahlung der Schulden..." — Zur finanziellen Lage der Grafschaft Hanau im 17. Jahrhundert
386:
242:
306:
965:
635:
287:
436:(1576–1612). Fifty years earlier, Philipp Ludwig II had been able to prescribe the confession in his county under the principle
246:
1060:
298:
150:
369:, held that Friedrich Casimir was only distantly related to Johann Ernst and saw this as an opportunity to terminate the
1012:
Georg II. von
Fleckenstein, Freiherr zu Dachstuhl. Ein Hanauer Administrator in der Endphase des Dreißigjährigen Krieges
972:
Georg II. von
Fleckenstein, Freiherr zu Dachstuhl. Ein Hanauer Administrator in der Endphase des Dreißigjährigen Krieges
378:
1070:
1055:
983:
668:
439:
362:
322:
178:
1065:
350:
302:
250:
202:
27:
1080:
1075:
374:
354:
218:
130:
413:
126:
222:
206:
162:
961:
238:
154:
122:
198:
186:
366:
358:
457:, the last baron of the Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl line. He was buried in St. Mary's Church,
158:
1044:
391:
279:
146:
326:
226:
421:
346:
271:
254:
984:
Europäische
Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten
429:
424:. Friedrich Casimir, like all counts from the Hanau-Lichtenberg line, was a
405:
189:. After the Union was dissolved in 1621, he entered the service of Margrave
425:
395:
318:
114:
83:
417:
182:
174:
409:
270:
In
Strasbourg, Count Philipp Wolfgang of Hanau-Lichtenberg wrote his
142:
458:
454:
401:
74:
62:
370:
301:
14 February] 1641. He was survived by his second wife,
217:
The Lordship of Fleckenstein came to feel the full force of the
194:
349:
of several of Hanau-MĂĽnzenberg's possessions, especially the
165:
to England. After that, he began a career in the military.
574:
2. Philipp Wolfgang of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl (d. 1618)
453:
Georg II of Fleckenstein died on 31 January 1644 at
100:
92:
82:
68:
52:
37:
18:
229:area. Georg tried to follow the example of Counts
297:Philipp Wolfgang died on 24 February [
814:3. Anna Alexandria of Rappoltstein (1565–1610)
791:13. Anna Alexandria of Fürstenberg (1504–1581)
522:4. Ludwig of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl (1542–1577)
476:Ancestors of Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl
899:15. Ottilie of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1492–1554)
499:8. Georg I of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl (d. 1553)
394:and the territory of the former monastery in
305:and his underage children Friedrich Casimir,
8:
847:14. Johann V of Sayn-Hachenburg (1493–1529)
437:
481:
472:
278:his sole hier and successor, based on the
26:
15:
762:6. Egenolf IV of Rappoltstein (1527–1585)
96:Philipp Wolfgang of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl
1003:
994:, 3rd ed., Hanau, 1919, reprinted: 1978
954:Die Landesverfassung in dem Hanauischen
1051:German people of the Thirty Years' War
828:
713:
709:
699:
609:Philipp IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
588:
490:
486:
428:. Hanau-MĂĽnzenberg, however, had been
898:
888:
884:
872:
869:
859:
846:
836:
832:
816:
813:
803:
790:
780:
776:
764:
761:
751:
731:
721:
717:
693:
683:
666:
656:
652:
640:
633:
623:
606:
596:
592:
576:
573:
563:
550:
540:
536:
524:
521:
511:
498:
494:
205:, he killed a member of the House of
7:
551:9. Joanna of Salm-Kyrburg (d. 1595)
14:
636:Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg
288:Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg
111:Georg II of Fleckenstein Dagstuhl
32:Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl
20:Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl
987:, new series, vol. VII, table 26
978:, vol. 18, 1962 pp. 223–242
870:7. Elisabeth of Sayn (1529–1549)
732:12. Ulrich IX of Rappoltstein (
129:during the final phases of the
104:Anna Alexandria of Rappoltstein
253:. Georg II went into exile in
1:
733:
1086:17th-century German nobility
1018:, vol. 18, 1962, p. 223–242.
181:. He climbed to the rank of
157:. Later, he was employed by
1035:, vol. 31, 1993, p. 123-147
398:as securities for the debt.
274:, in which he made his son
193:of Baden-Durlach. During a
1102:
822:
711:
582:
488:
1033:Hanauer Geschichtsblätter
1016:Hanauer Geschichtsblätter
976:Hanauer Geschichtsblätter
958:Hanauer Geschichtsblätter
886:
878:
853:
834:
830:
797:
778:
770:
745:
719:
715:
677:
654:
646:
617:
594:
590:
557:
538:
530:
505:
492:
440:cuius regio, eius religio
432:since the reign of Count
385:, the widow of Landgrave
25:
960:, vol. 34, Hanau, 1996,
696:Georg II of Fleckenstein
225:spent the winter in the
221:in 1622, when commander
669:Eleonore of FĂĽrstenberg
241:(1595–1641) and remain
141:At twelve, he became a
438:
313:, Sophie Eleonore and
303:Dorothea Diana of Salm
290:, a daughter of Count
990:Ernst J. Zimmermann:
88:House of Fleckenstein
73:St. Mary's Church in
1061:People from Saarland
992:Hanau Stadt und Land
981:Detlev Schwennicke:
323:Duchy of WĂĽrttemberg
121:and the counties of
1027:Reinhard Dietrich:
1010:Ferdinand Hahnzog,
970:Ferdinand Hahnzog,
952:Reinhard Dietrich:
414:Spanish Netherlands
357:, the Landgrave of
351:Archbishop of Mainz
185:in the army of the
1071:Regents of Germany
1056:People from Alsace
363:Bishop of WĂĽrzburg
311:Johann Reinhard II
223:Ernst von Mansfeld
203:Brunswick-LĂĽneburg
163:diplomatic mission
943:
942:
939:
938:
434:Philipp Ludwig II
375:Thirty Years' War
355:Elector of Saxony
325:, which had been
276:Friedrich Casimir
266:Hanau-Lichtenberg
247:Philipp Christoph
239:Hanau-Lichtenberg
231:Johann Reinhard I
219:Thirty Years' War
131:Thirty Years' War
123:Hanau-Lichtenberg
119:Friedrich Casimir
108:
107:
1093:
1036:
1025:
1019:
1008:
738:
735:
482:
473:
443:
383:Amalie Elisabeth
333:Hanau-MĂĽnzenberg
329:by the Emperor.
315:Agatha Christine
261:Regency of Hanau
235:Philipp Wolfgang
201:and the Duke of
199:Hanseatic League
187:Protestant Union
145:at the court in
127:Hanau-MĂĽnzenberg
78:
59:
47:
45:
30:
16:
1101:
1100:
1096:
1095:
1094:
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1091:
1090:
1041:
1040:
1039:
1026:
1022:
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1005:
1001:
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470:
451:
381:. Landgravine
359:Hesse-Darmstadt
353:, but also the
335:
268:
263:
233:and his cousin
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171:
169:Military career
139:
72:
61:
57:
56:31 January 1644
48:2 February 1588
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12:
11:
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1097:
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1073:
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1063:
1058:
1053:
1043:
1042:
1038:
1037:
1020:
1002:
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997:
996:
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988:
979:
968:
948:
945:
941:
940:
937:
936:
934:
932:
930:
928:
926:
924:
922:
920:
918:
916:
914:
912:
910:
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906:
904:
901:
900:
897:
894:
893:
890:
889:
887:
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883:
880:
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871:
868:
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864:
861:
860:
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855:
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852:
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584:
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569:
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558:
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546:
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541:
539:
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529:
526:
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523:
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517:
516:
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512:
510:
507:
506:
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501:
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497:
495:
493:
491:
489:
487:
485:
478:
477:
471:
469:
466:
450:
447:
446:
445:
408:refugees from
399:
367:Abbey of Fulda
343:
334:
331:
307:Johann Philipp
267:
264:
262:
259:
214:
211:
170:
167:
138:
135:
106:
105:
102:
98:
97:
94:
90:
89:
86:
80:
79:
70:
66:
65:
60:(aged 55)
54:
50:
49:
39:
35:
34:
31:
23:
22:
19:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1098:
1087:
1084:
1082:
1079:
1077:
1074:
1072:
1069:
1067:
1066:German barons
1064:
1062:
1059:
1057:
1054:
1052:
1049:
1048:
1046:
1034:
1030:
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905:
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876:
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867:
866:
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839:
826:
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820:
819:
811:
810:
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806:
801:
800:
795:
794:
788:
787:
784:
783:
774:
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768:
767:
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758:
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749:
748:
743:
742:
729:
728:
725:
724:
707:
706:
703:
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675:
674:
670:
664:
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660:
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637:
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627:
626:
621:
620:
615:
614:
610:
604:
603:
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586:
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580:
579:
571:
570:
567:
566:
561:
560:
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528:
527:
519:
518:
515:
514:
509:
508:
503:
502:
496:
484:
483:
480:
479:
475:
474:
467:
465:
462:
460:
456:
448:
442:
441:
435:
431:
427:
423:
419:
415:
411:
407:
403:
400:
397:
393:
392:Schwarzenfels
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384:
380:
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372:
368:
364:
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281:
280:primogeniture
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252:
248:
244:
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236:
232:
228:
224:
220:
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210:
208:
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200:
196:
192:
188:
184:
180:
176:
173:He served in
168:
166:
164:
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156:
152:
148:
144:
136:
134:
132:
128:
124:
120:
116:
112:
103:
99:
95:
91:
87:
85:
81:
76:
71:
67:
64:
55:
51:
40:
36:
29:
24:
17:
1032:
1028:
1023:
1015:
1011:
1006:
991:
982:
975:
971:
957:
953:
695:
463:
452:
379:Hesse-Kassel
336:
296:
284:Johann Ernst
269:
216:
197:between the
172:
140:
110:
109:
84:Noble family
58:(1644-01-31)
1081:1644 deaths
1076:1588 births
737: 1493
671:(1523–1544)
638:(1542–1580)
611:(1514–1590)
347:liege lords
327:confiscated
227:Upper Rhine
191:Friedrich V
177:during the
159:WĂĽrttemberg
151:Charles III
1045:Categories
947:References
422:status quo
365:, and the
292:Philipp IV
255:Strasbourg
44:1588-02-02
999:Footnotes
468:Ancestors
430:Calvinist
416:(today's
406:Calvinist
387:Wilhelm V
137:Childhood
426:Lutheran
412:and the
396:Naumburg
319:governor
207:Isenburg
179:Long War
155:Lorraine
149:of Duke
115:underage
418:Belgium
321:of the
243:neutral
183:colonel
175:Hungary
1031:, in:
1014:, in:
974:, in:
964:
956:, in:
739:-1531)
410:France
361:, the
143:squire
117:Count
101:Mother
93:Father
69:Buried
459:Hanau
455:Hanau
449:Death
402:Hanau
251:Trier
213:Reign
161:on a
147:Nancy
75:Hanau
63:Hanau
962:ISBN
667:11.
607:10.
371:fief
345:The
299:O.S.
272:will
195:feud
125:and
53:Died
38:Born
694:1.
634:5.
249:of
237:of
153:of
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309:,
133:.
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