Hanau is a town in Germany and Lichtenberg is a village in Alsace, now France.
This list of lords and counts of Hanau or Hanau-Lichtenberg covers the lords and later counts that ruled the area from the 14th through the 18th centuries (see also Lichtenberg Castle).
In 1429, Reinhard II was raised to Imperial Count In 1458, the county was divided in two parts, later named Hanau-Münzenberg and Hanau-Lichtenberg.
In 1736, Hanau-Münzenberg fell to Hesse-Kassel In 1736, Hanau-Lichtenberg fell to Hesse-Darmstadt