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Frederick (Czech: Bedřich) (c. 1142 – 25 March 1189), a member of the Přemyslid dynasty, was Duke of Bohemia from 1172 to 1173 and again from 1178 to his death.
Frederick V (German: Friedrich; 26 August 1596 – 29 November 1632) [1] [2] was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire from 1610 to 1623, and reigned as King of Bohemia from 1619 to 1620.
Frederick V was the elector Palatine of the Rhine, king of Bohemia (as Frederick I, 1619–20), and director of the Protestant Union. Brought up a Calvinist, partly in France, Frederick succeeded his father, Frederick IV, both as elector and as director of the Protestant Union in 1610, with Christian.
The Duchy of Bohemia was established in 870 and raised to the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1198. Several Bohemian monarchs ruled as non-hereditary kings beforehand, first gaining the title in 1085. From 1004 to 1806, Bohemia was part of the Holy Roman Empire, and its ruler was an elector.
RulerRulerBornReign852 Son of Hostivít (?) [2]870–883 885–889?c. 883–885882 First son of Bořivoj I and Ludmila of ...894–915Duchy of Bohemia (with Moravia since ...Vratislaus I (Vratislav)888 Second son of Bořivoj I and Ludmila ...915 – 13 February 921Frederick came to an arrangement with the new king of Bohemia and Hungary, Ladislaus II Jagiello, who had been accepted as ruler by the Estates of both countries.
He had been elected Roman-German king only the previous year (1438), but his position as head of the Empire was not yet secure. Frederick sought to exploit the vacancy on the throne to his own advantage. Albrecht V had also succeeded in securing the title of king in both Bohemia and Hungary.
The Catholic Bohemian nobility refused to swear fealty to him, especially after he had been excommunicated by the pope in 1465. Frederick exploited the situation, placing himself on the side of Poděbrady’s adversaries, who included Matthias Corvinus.
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