Reinhard IV. (Hanau-Munzenberg)

Reinhard IV .: Cheek of the choir stalls in the Marienkirche in Hanau

Count Reinhard IV of Hanau-Münzenberg (March 14, 1473 ; † January 30, 1512 ) succeeded his father Philip I of Hanau-Münzenberg (1449; † 1500) in the government of the County of Hanau-Münzenberg in 1500 . He had been co-regent since 1496.

family

Legitimate family

Reinhard IV was born as the son of Count Philipp I of Hanau-Munzenberg and his wife, Countess Adriana of Nassau-Dillenburg (1449–1477). Godfather was Johann II von Henneberg-Schleusingen , prince abbot of the Fulda monastery .

Pedigree of Count Reinhard IV of Hanau-Münzenberg
Great grandparents	Reinhard II. Von Hanau (* approx. 1369; † 1451) ∞ Katharina von Nassau-Beilstein (* approx. 1370; † 1459)	Otto I. von Pfalz-Mosbach (* 1390; † 1461) ∞ Johanna von Bayern-Landshut (* 1413; † 1444)	Engelbert I of Nassau-Dillenburg (* approx. 1380; † 1442) ∞ Johanna von Polanen	Johann II von Loon and Heinsberg (* 1381; † 1438) ∞ Anna von Solms († 1433)
Grandparents	Reinhard III. von Hanau (* 1412; † 1452) ∞ Margarethe von Pfalz-Mosbach (* 1432; † 1457)		Johann IV. Of Nassau-Dillenburg (* 1410; † 1475) ∞ Marie von Loon and Heinsberg (* 1424; † 1502)
parents	Philipp I von Hanau-Münzenberg (* 1449; † 1500) ∞ Adriana von Nassau-Dillenburg (* 1449; † 1477)
Reinhard IV.

For the family cf. Main article: Hanau (noble family)

Various trips are known from Reinhard IV's youth, for example to the Palatinate court in Heidelberg (1493) and in 1495 to the Reichstag in Worms .

Reinhard IV married Katharina von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg on February 13, 1496 (* after 1470; † November 27, 1514). As a dowry, the bride received the share of the pledge for the imperial city of Gelnhausen held by the Counts of Schwarzburg and 4,000 guilders beyond that.

Reinhard IV and Katharina had four children:

1. Anna (* May 22, 1498; † the same year)
2. Berthold (* July 12, 1499; † April 27, 1504), buried in the choir of the Marienkirche in Hanau
3. Philip II (1501-1529)
4. Balthasar (1508–1534)

Extra-marital relationship

Adriana von Hanau (mentioned: 1520–1552) was the illegitimate daughter of a Count von Hanau. She was married to the bailiff Marquard von Stockheim . Your mother is completely unknown. Since Stockheim is in the Wetterau and thus much closer to the sub- county of Hanau-Münzenberg and its area of ​​influence than to the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg , there are several reasons to assume the paternity of Reinhard IV von Hanau-Münzenberg. Otherwise, the Hanau-Lichtenberger Counts Philip IV (* October 18, 1482 - May 15, 1538) or Ludwig (* October 5, 1487 - December 3 ) would come genealogically, due to the time in which it is documented 1553), spiritual, into consideration.

government

Reinhard IV had already taken over the business of government during the last four years of his father's then nominal government. He also became the first of his line to rule Münzenberg , to distinguish it from the line Hanau-Lichtenberg , in his title and the coat of arms on. The two lines existed since an inheritance split between Count Philip I the Younger and Count Philip I the Elder in 1458.

In 1500 Philip IV exchanged rights with Isenburg , surrendered his shares in Offenbach am Main and his share in Bracht Castle , and in return received all rights to the village of Bischofsheim . This also resolved disputes that had dragged on between the two neighboring territorial rulers for years. In 1503 he exchanged the Solms shares in Seckbach for half of the village (Münzenberg-) Trais . In 1504 he acquired the Frankfurt share in Seckbach and also paid off other shareholders in it ( Schelme von Bergen , Farchen zu Heidelberg , the Frankfurt patrician family Glauburg ).

1504 sets Landshut War of Succession of Hanau-Münzenberg difficult to, on the one part by pulling Hessian troops, on the other hand by the Hessian occupation of (bath) Homburg . Hanau bought it in 1487 for 19,000 guilders. In 1521, at the mediation of Emperor Charles V , a comparison was made between Hesse and Hanau at the Reichstag in Worms . Hesse kept Homburg, Hanau was compensated with 12,000 florins. 1505 proclaimed King Maximilian I. Reinhard IV. To his advice.

Reinhard IV was also involved in other disputes in order to enforce his rights and his politics. The best-known opponent was probably Götz von Berlichingen , who attacked a convoy in the Kinzig valley that was under Reinhard's protection. In the ensuing dispute, the von Hutten knights interfered, claiming that this had happened on their territory.

death

Reinhard IV died on January 30, 1512 and was buried in the choir of the Marienkirche in Hanau .

literature

• Reinhard Dietrich : The state constitution in Hanau. In: Hanauer Geschichtsblätter. 34. Hanau, 1996. ISBN 3-9801933-6-5
• Reinhard Dietrich: Hanau bastards . In: New magazine for Hanau history (messages from the Hanauer Geschichtsverein 1844 eV) 2015, pp. 25–34.
• B. Picard: The Lords of Eppstein and Homburg. In: Bad Homburg vdH 782-1982. Homburg 1983, pp. 111-132 (127f).
• Reinhard Suchier : Genealogy of the Hanauer count house . In: Festschrift of the Hanau History Association for its 50th anniversary celebration on August 27, 1894 . Hanau 1894.
• Helmgard Ulmschneider: Götz von Berlichingen. My feud and actions = research from Württembergisch Franconia 17. Sigmaringen 1981. ISBN 3-7995-7614-2
• Ernst Julius Zimmermann : Hanau city and country. 3rd edition, Hanau 1919, ND 1978.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dietrich: Bastarde , p. 28.
2. ↑ Ulmschneider, p. 87.

predecessor	Office	successor
Philip I, the younger	Count of Hanau-Munzenberg 1500–1512	Philip II