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{{Infobox nobility
| name         = Philip II
| title        = [[Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels]]
| image        = Stiftskirche St. Goar, Grabmal von Landgraf Philipp II. von Hessen-Rheinfels.jpg
| caption      =
| image_size   = 200px
| spouse       = Anna Elisabeth of Palatinate-Simmern
| issue        =
| noble family = [[House of Hesse-Rheinfels]]
| father       = [[Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse]]
| mother       = [[Christine of Saxony]]
| birth_date   = 1541
| birth_place  = [[Marburg]]
| death_date   = 30 November 1583
| death_place  = Schloß Rheinfels
}}
'''Philip II of Hesse-Rheinfels''' (1541, [[Marburg]] – 30 November 1583), also called ''Philip the Younger'', was the first [[Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels]].

==Biography==
Philip was the third son of Landgrave [[Philip I of Hesse|Philip the Magnanimous]] and [[Christine of Saxony]] (1505–1549). After his father's death in 1567, the [[Landgraviate of Hesse]] was divided among the four sons from the late landgrave's first marriage. 

Philip the Younger received the portion around the [[Rheinfels Castle]] and city of [[Sankt Goar|St. Goar]] on the left bank of the Rhine. The county consisted mainly of the former Lower [[County of Katzenelnbogen]]<ref>http://www.graf-von-katzenelnbogen.de/ The History of the County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World</ref> with its four [[Amt (country subdivision)|Ämter]] Rheinfels (with the city of St. Goar and the residence Rheinfels Castle) on the left bank of the Rhine, and [[Braubach]], [[Reichenberg, Rhineland-Palatinate|Reichenberg]] and [[Hohenstein, Hesse|Hohenstein]] on the right bank.

==Private life==
In 1569 Philip married Anna Elisabeth of [[House of Palatinate-Simmern|Palatinate-Simmern]] (1549-1609), thereby becoming the son-in-law of the Elector [[Frederick III, Elector Palatine|Frederick III]], one of the leaders of [[Calvinism]]. The marriage remained childless.

==Death==
Philip died on 30 November 1583 at Schloß Rheinfels. As his marriage had remained childless, his territory fell to his elder brother [[William IV of Hesse|Wilhelm IV]], Landgrave of [[Hesse-Kassel]] (or Hesse-Cassel). Philip was buried in St. Goar, where Wilhelm erected an imposing Renaissance monument.

== Ancestors ==
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| 1= 1. '''Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels'''
| 2= 2. [[Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse]]
| 3= 3. [[Christine of Saxony]]
| 4= 4. [[William II, Landgrave of Hesse]]
| 5= 5. [[Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]
| 6= 6. [[George, Duke of Saxony]]
| 7= 7. [[Barbara Jagiellon]]
| 8= 8. [[Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse]]
| 9= 9. Matilda of Württemberg-Urach
| 10= 10. [[Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Güstrow]]
| 11= 11. [[Sophie of Pomerania, Duchess of Mecklenburg|Sophie of Pomerania-Wolgast]]
| 12= 12. [[Albert III, Duke of Saxony]]
| 13= 13. [[Sidonie of Poděbrady]]
| 14= 14. [[Casimir IV Jagiellon]]
| 15= 15. [[Elisabeth of Austria (1436–1505)|Elisabeth of Austria]]
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==Notes and references==
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