Background
Born in Erbach, he was the third child and eldest son of George Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach and his wife Amalie Katharina, a daughter of Philipp Dietrich, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg.
Born in Erbach, he was the third child and eldest son of George Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach and his wife Amalie Katharina, a daughter of Philipp Dietrich, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg.
He pursued a military and eventually was appointed a Lieutenant-general by the States General of the Netherlands. In 1693, after the death of his father, Philipp Louis inherited all his domains jointly with his two surviving brothers, but in fact he managed to kept the full authority. They had no children.
Philipp Louis died in Coburg aged 51.
Because he died without issue, all the paternal domains where inherited by his only surviving brother Frederick Charles.
