Reinhard von Hanau-Lichtenberg

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Reinhard von Hanau-Lichtenberg (born February 19, 1494 in Klingenberg , † October 12, 1537 in Strasbourg ) was a later son of Count Philip II of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Anna von Isenburg .

family

Pedigree of Count Reinhard von Hanau-Lichtenberg
Great grandparents

Reinhard II. Von Hanau (* 1369; † 1451)
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Katharina von Nassau-Beilstein (*?; † 1459)

Ludwig V von Lichtenberg (* 1433; † 1471)
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Elisabeth von Hohenlohe (* 1441; † 1488)

Dietrich von Isenburg-Büdingen (* 1400; † 1461)
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Elisabeth von Solms-Braunfels (* 1409; † 1450)

Johann II of Nassau- Wiesbaden-Idstein (* 1419; † 1480)
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Maria von Nassau-Dillenburg (* 1418; † 1474)

Grandparents

Philipp I von Hanau-Lichtenberg (* 1417; † 1480)
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Anna von Lichtenberg (* 1442; † 1474)

Ludwig II of Isenburg-Büdingen (* 1422; † 1511)
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Maria von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (* 1438; † 1480)

parents

Philip II of Hanau-Lichtenberg (* 1462; † 1504)
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Anna von Isenburg -Büdingen († 1522)

Reinhard von Hanau-Lichtenberg

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

Together with his brother Ludwig , he renounced claims to the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg in 1505 , which their older brother, Philipp III. , which enabled sole rule in the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg and its undivided preservation.

career

Reinhard studied together with his brother Ludwig law , including Bologna and Freiburg . From his student days in Freiburg , the Zimmerische Chronik reports on an incident in which he and other fellow students freed a young thief shortly before his execution and saved him from the immunity of the Freiburg hospital .

As early as 1507 he received a papal dispensation in order to be able to accept a canon position in Strasbourg . Later he was cathedral curator there . 1509 a Domherrenstelle arrived in Cologne should, at the same time he enrolled at June 30, 1509 at the local university as a student. From 1511 he was pastor in Ober-Roden , where he followed Reinhard Hanauer , an illegitimate son of his grandfather Philip I of Hanau-Lichtenberg .

death

Reinhard died in Strasbourg on October 12, 1537 . He was buried in the collegiate church of St. Adelphi, in Neuwiller-lès-Saverne , the family funeral. His grave is no longer preserved. In his will he set up a foundation for the benefit of the poor in Ober-Roden, the so-called Ober-Roden donation , which fulfilled its purpose for centuries.

literature

  • M. Goltzené: From the history of the office Buchsweiler. In: Pay d'Alsace , issue 111/112, p. 64f.
  • Helmut Hinkel: Pastor and pastoral care in the Aschaffenburg area. The land chapters Montat and Rodgau 1550–1650 (= publications by the History and Art Association of Aschaffenburg 17). Aschaffenburg 1980.
  • Gustav Knod: German students in Bologna 1289–1562 . OO 1889.
  • Jörg Leuschner, Egon Schallmayer: 1200 years of Ober-Roden in the Röder Mark. Chronicles 786-1986 . Rödermark 1986.
  • Egon Schallmayer : Count Reinhard von Hanau-Lichtenberg (1494–1537) - founder of the “Ober-Rodener Spendung” (= historical papers Rödermark 7). Rödermark 1988.
  • 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.
  • Ernst Julius Zimmermann : Hanau city and country. 3rd edition, Hanau 1919, reprint 1978.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Knod, p. 184.
  2. ↑ Zimmerische Chronik , Volume 2, p. 582 Page: De Zimmerische Chronik 2 582.jpg
  3. ↑ See Zimmerische Chronik , Volume 3, p. 132 Page: De Zimmerische Chronik 3 132.jpg
  4. ^ Information from the historical archive of the city of Cologne v. September 1, 1988
  5. ↑ Hinkel, p. 273
personal data
SURNAME Hanau-Lichtenberg, Reinhard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1494
PLACE OF BIRTH Klingenberg am Main
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1537
Place of death Strasbourg