Wilhelm II, Princely count of Henneberg-Schleusingen
William II of Henneberg-Schleusingen was the second husband of Catherine of Hanau. She was the oldest daughter of Reinhard II, Count of Hanau and his wife Catherine of Nassau-Beilstein and had earlier been married to Count Thomas II of Rieneck. William II and Catherine were engaged on 17 May 1432. She signed away her legal claims against the County of Rieneck in June 1432, in exchange for. From William, she received a dowry of, which were secured by the district and castle of Mainberg, near Schweinfurt.
Princely count William II died after a hunting accident, which happened on the evening of New Year's Day 1444: a wild boar, which he tried to kill with his sword, wounded him so severely that he died a few days later.
William and Catherine had the following children:
- William III, Princely count of Henneberg-Schleusingen, married to Duchess Margaret of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
- Margaret, a nun in the convent at Ilm
- John III, abbot of the monastery of Fulda
- Berthold XII, clergyman
- Berthold XIV, provost of Bamberg
- Margaret, married to Count Günther XXXVI of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg