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philip ii , landgrave of hesse-rheinfels

philip ii of hesse-rheinfels -lrb- 1541 , marburg -- 1583 -rrb- , also called `` philip the younger '' , was the first landgrave of hesse-rheinfels .
philip was the third son of landgrave philip the magnanimous and christine of saxony -lrb- 1505 -- 1549 -rrb- .
after his father 's death in 1567 , the landgraviate of hesse was divided between the four sons out of the late landgrave 's first marriage .
philip the younger received the portion around the castle rheinfels and city of st. goar on the left bank of the rhine .
from there he controlled the towns of schotten , stornfels , bad homburg , lißberg , ulrichstein , itter , and the part of the former high noble and remarkably rich county of katzenelnbogen north of the river main .
in 1569 philip married anna elisabeth of palatinate-simmern , thereby becoming the son-in-law of the elector frederick iii , one of the leaders of calvinism .
philip died on 30 november 1583 on castle rheinfels .
as his marriage had remained childless , his territory fell to his elder brother wilhelm iv , landgrave of hesse-kassel -lrb- or hesse-cassel -rrb- .
philip was buried in st. goar , where wilhelm erected an imposing renaissance monument .
