 After both lines became extinct the "County of Hanau-Münzenberg" was inherited by the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, the "County of Hanau-Lichtenberg" by the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1736.In 1429 Emperor Sigismund of the Holy Roman Empire declared Reinhard II.of Hanau a count, so his possessions, the Lordship ("Herrschaft") of Hanau, became the "County of Hanau".