County of Hanau

County of Hanau
Grafschaft Hanau
1429 – 1736
Coat of arms of Hanau
Coat of arms
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalHanau
GovernmentCounty
History 
• Established
1429–1736 (with interruptions)
• Disestablished
1736
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Fiefdom of Hanau Lordship of Hanau
Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt
Landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel Landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel
Roman Catholic; 16th-century Lutheran; from mid 17th century mixed Calvinist and Lutheran; ruled by counts; language: German
County of Hanau by Friedrich Zollmann 1728.
Reinhard III, second 2nd count of Hanau
Philipp I (the younger), 3rd count of Hanau
Friedrich Casimir, 4th count of Hanau
Johann Reinhard III, 5th count 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.