Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels

Philip II
Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels
Spouse(s)	Anna Elisabeth of Palatinate-Simmern
Detail Titles and styles The Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels
Noble family	House of Hesse-Rheinfels
Father	Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
Mother	Christine of Saxony
Born	1541 Marburg
Died	1583

Philip II of Hesse-Rheinfels (1541, Marburg – 1583), also called Philip the Younger, was the first Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels.

Philip was the third son of Landgrave Philip the Magnanimous and Christine of Saxony (1505–1549). After his father's death in 1567, the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided between the four sons out of the late landgrave's first marriage. Philip the Younger received the portion around the castle Rheinfels and city of St. Goar on the left bank of the Rhine. From there he controlled the towns of Schotten, Stornfels, Bad Homburg, Lißberg, Ulrichstein, Itter, and the part of the former high noble and remarkably rich County of Katzenelnbogen^[1] north of the river Main.

In 1569 Philip married Anna Elisabeth of Palatinate-Simmern, thereby becoming the son-in-law of the Elector Frederick III, one of the leaders of Calvinism.

Philip died on 30 November 1583 on castle Rheinfels. As his marriage had remained childless, his territory fell to his elder brother Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel). Philip was buried in St. Goar, where Wilhelm erected an imposing Renaissance monument.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels

16. Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse               8. Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse                       17. Anna of Saxony               4. William II, Landgrave of Hesse                             18. Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg-Urach               9. Matilda of Württemberg-Urach                       19. Mechthild of the Palatinate               2. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse                                   20. Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg               10. Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Güstrow                       21. Dorothea of Brandenburg               5. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin                             22. Eric II, Duke of Pomerania               11. Sophie of Pomerania-Wolgast                       23. Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp               1. Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels                                         24. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony               12. Albert III, Duke of Saxony                       25. Margarete of Austria               6. George, Duke of Saxony                             26. George of Poděbrady               13. Sidonie of Poděbrady                       27. Kunigunde of Sternberg               3. Christine of Saxony                                   28. Władysław II Jagiełło               14. Casimir IV Jagiellon                       29. Sophia of Halshany               7. Barbara Jagiellon                             30. Albert II of Germany               15. Elisabeth of Austria                       31. Elizabeth of Luxembourg

Notes and references

1. http://www.graf-von-katzenelnbogen.de/ The History of the County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World