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Philip II of Hesse-Rheinfels (1541 Marburg – 1583) 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 (1505–1549). 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.