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21 May 1363 in the Royal Castle in Wawel in Kraków (Poland) 29 Nov 1378. 14 Feb 1393 evident in Castle in Hradec Králové (alias Königgrätz, Czech Republic) Joanna of Bavaria. (Johanna (alias Jana) Bavorská) Albert I, Duke of Bavaria. circa 1356. 29 Sep 1370 in Nuremberg (alias Nürnberg, Germany) 10 Jun 1376.
- Who Was Elizabeth Stuart?
- Childhood and Education: Elizabeth’s ‘Fairy Farm’
- Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
- Marriage to Frederick V
- A Valentine’s Day Wedding
- The 'Winter Queen’
- Death and Legacy
Elizabeth Stuart was the second child of King James I (VI of Scotland) and Queen Anne and their only daughter to survive past infancy. Her brother Charles, four years younger than his sister, was considered weak and unlikely to survive into adulthood. James’ hopes for succession dynastic marriages for his children were therefore invested in his eld...
In 1603 her father James succeeded Elizabeth I to the English throne. Elizabeth was handed over to the care of Lord and Lady Harrington and took up residence at Coombe Abbey, Warwickshire, located some two and a half miles north of Coventry. Lord Harrington indulged her passion for nature, and in a secluded wilderness at the end of the park arrange...
Elizabeth idolised her older brother - they shared a love of life which eluded the sickly Charles, four years younger than his sister. Her letters to Henry reveal a deep affection and and mutual respect. In 1605 she writes ‘My noble brother, I rouse you from sleep to remind you that I am your most humble servant, and desire above all that I might h...
As King of England, as well as of Scotland, James I had a wider responsibility than before his succession and his relations with Europe assumed a correspondingly greater significance. Mindful of the political tensions he had inherited from Elizabeth’s long reign, he fashioned himself in a new role as peacemaker within the wider context of Continent...
On Valentine’s Day, 14 February 1613, a spectacular wedding ceremony took place in the Royal Chapel at Whitehall Palace in London. The 16-year-old bride was resplendent in a cloth of shimmering silver lined with taffeta. Many diamonds of estimable value were embroidered upon her sleeves which dazzled the eyes of all the beholders. She wore a crown ...
At the time of their marriage, Elizabeth and her young groom Frederick V were destined to achieve international power and influence. However, by 1621, Elizabeth was in exile, destined to be remembered as the ‘The Winter Queen’, a derogatory epitaph that reflects the short duration of her rule in Bohemia, with her union with Frederick deemed a polit...
During their separations whilst Frederick was on campaign, the couple wrote to each other three or four times a week, sometimes even twice in one day. Frederick describes Elizabeth as his ‘only heart’, he ‘kisses her mouth a million times in imagination’. Frederick died unexpectedly from the plague at Mainz while on perpetual military campaign in 1...
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Elizabeth Stuart (19 August 1596 – 13 February 1662) was Electress of the Palatinate and briefly Queen of Bohemia as the wife of Frederick V of the Palatinate. The couple's selection for the crown by the nobles of Bohemia was part of the political and religious turmoil setting off the Thirty Years' War .
Jan 8, 2024 · Despite initial reservations, Frederick accepted, aided by Elizabeth’s full support. In November of 1619, Elizabeth fulfilled her mother’s hopes that she would one day be queen when she was crowned Queen of Bohemia in Prague.
Oct 7, 2021 · Travels in Holland, the United Provinces, England, Scotland and Ireland 1634–1635. E. Manchester: Chetham Society. Google Scholar De la Boderie, A. L. F. (1750). Ambassades de M. de La Boderie en Angleterre: sous le règne d’Henry IV et la minorité de Louis XIII: depuis les années 1606 jusqu’en 1611. Anonymous edition.
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- 2021
Signature. Frederick's coat of arms. 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. He was forced to abdicate both roles, and the brevity of his reign in Bohemia earned him the ...
Aug 19, 2014 · This set depicts (top-left to bottom-right): James I; Anne of Denmark; Henry, Prince of Wales; Charles I (when Prince of Wales); Frederick of Bohemia; Elizabeth of Bohemia. The portraits of Frederick and Elizabeth are versions of miniatures painted to celebrate their marriage in 1613. V&A P.152-1910
