Philipp Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Philipp Wolfgang was a son of Count Johann Reinhard I of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1569–1625) and his wife Countess Maria Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim (1576–1605).

The focus of the government of Count Philipp Wolfgang were the problems caused by the Thirty Years' War.

One year later, a Swedish army led by Wolf Heinrich von Isenburg invaded the district.

[2] Between 23 February and 28 March 1635, the city was (unsuccessfully) besieged by the imperial army, led by Philipp von Mansfeld.

The French occupation force was attacked by imperial troops under Field Marshal Matthias Gallas.

The next wave of incoming soldiers was the Protestant army under Duke Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, who established his headquarters in Brumath.

So Philipp Wolfgang placed himself under the protection of the French king and spent much of his time at his residence in Strasbourg for security reasons.

Like his predecessor, Philipp Wolfgang did not participate in witch hunts, which were spreading rapidly, so these were rare in Hanau-Lichtenberg.