Balthasar of Hanau-Münzenberg [SEP] mother
Balthasar of Hanau-Münzenberg
Balthasar of Hanau-Münzenberg (29 June 1508 – 9 December 1534, in Hanau) was a posthumous son of Count Reinhard IV of Hanau-Münzenberg (1473 - 1512) and his wife Countess Catherine of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (d. 1514).
Life.
From 1529, he acted as co-regent for his nephew, Count Philip III, whose father had died young. He continued the construction of fortifications around Hanau, which his brother Philip II had begun. He supplemented
when he inherited the county. His mother and relatives petitioned the Reichskammergericht to establish a regency council. The council consisted of:
- Countess Juliana of Stolberg, Philipp III's mother
- Count William "the Rich" of Nassau-Dillenburg. He was Philipp's first cousin twice removed (a grandson of Johann IV, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Philipp's great-great-grandfather). He married Philipp's mother during the regency.
- Count Balthasar of Hanau-Münzenberg, Philipp's uncle (