Births on August 17

Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

Born on August 17, 1501

Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1529)

Philipp II (17 August 1501 in Hanau – 28 March 1529 in Hanau) was Count of Hanau-Münzenberg from 1512 until his death. He was the son of Count Reinhard IV and his wife, Katharina of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg.

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