County of Hanau
The County of Hanau was a territory within the Holy Roman Empire, evolved out of the Lordship of Hanau in 1429. From 1456 to 1642 and from 1685 to 1712 it was divided into the County of Hanau-Münzenberg and the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg. After both lines became extinct the County of Hanau-Münzenberg was inherited by the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg by the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1736.
County of Hanau Grafschaft Hanau | |||||||||||
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| 1429 – 1736 | |||||||||||
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| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
| Capital | Hanau | ||||||||||
| Government | County | ||||||||||
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• Established | 1429–1736 (with interruptions) | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1736 | ||||||||||
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Roman Catholic; 16th-century Lutheran; from mid 17th century mixed Calvinist and Lutheran; ruled by counts; language: German | |||||||||||
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