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Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
1541Feb, 21

Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1599)
Philipp V of Hanau-Lichtenberg (21 February 1541, Bouxwiller – 2 June 1599, Niederbronn) was Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg from 1590 until his death.

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