Philippe V of Hanau-Lichtenberg
The Count Philippe V of Hanau-Lichtenberg (born on February 21st 1541 with Bouxwiller and deceased on June 2nd 1599 with Niederbronn) was a Alsatian Seigneur .
Wire of Philippe IV, it is at the origin of the refitting of the castle in fortress, it reigned on the county starting from 1585. It Maria three times; thanks to its first marriage with Ludovica Margaretha, heiress of the Counts of Two-Bridges-Bitche (Zweibrücken), it took possession of the territories of this county.
It was a man well-read man and intelligent. He was the first to make strike currency in the county, and made give in state the thermal springs of Niederbronn, where he died in his bath.
Its marble mausoleum, set up in the vault of the castle, is one of most beautiful of style Renaissance in Alsace.
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