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1621. In January 1621, Ferdinand II made the decision to impose the Ban of the Empire on Frederick of the Palatinate, which rendered the latter a ‘persona non grata’ or unwelcome in the Holy Roman Empire.
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106 He was given the Lower Palatinate, and an electoral title. Maximilian of Bavaria, the last surviving actor in the story, retained what had been the Upper Palatinate, as well as the electoral title he had taken from Frederick. 6. Cited by. “Interest of State”: James I and the Palatinate - Volume 6 Issue 2.
In the 16th and 17th centuries the Palatinate was a stronghold of Protestantism. It was divided into two parts: the Lower, or Rhenish, Palatinate, on both sides of the Rhine River in the area south of the Main River; and the Upper Palatinate, in northern Bavaria around Amberg and Regensburg.
Jun 22, 2023 · The first section spans the seventeen months between the partial recovery of the Lower Palatinate in 1633 and the Battle of Nördlingen in September 1634, a period in which Ludwig Philipp’s regency government sought to consolidate the Palatine family’s weak hold over their restored lands.
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- Table of Contents
- I. Introduction
- II. The Source of The Migration
- IV. The Emigration Route
- V. The Palatine Colonists
- VI. Links
In the early days of the settlement of the English colonies,Some of the major destinations of the English and EuropeanProtestants were Pennsylvania, New York and Virginia. The Germansespecially were developing colonies in these areas, and thosecolonies have their counterparts even today. Washington County,Maryland was essentially discovered by Germ...
A. The Palatinate
The Palatinate was situated west of the Rhine and north of theFrench (Alsatian) border. Before 1800, it used to include largeareas east of the Rhine, including Mannheim and Heidelberg. Thoseof us today trying to find the Palatinate of the 1700s on maps,and drying to understand what was meant by the terms German,Deutch, and Palatine or Palatinate on colonial records, usuallyend up confused and frustrated. There is a reason for that. Thehistoric Pfalz always did have rather vague boundaries and...
B. Elsass
Elsass, was another area from which came a large number ofpeople who were involved in the migration with the Palatines.Elsass was in essence, the upper Rhine River Valley and a goodpart of the Vosges Mountains in what is now France. The Vosgesmountains were the western border and on the South was the SwissAlps. The Rhine was the eastern border. This land has beenclaimed and fought over by both France and Germany for centuries.
A. The Palatinate to The Netherlands
The first part of the emigration route was down the Rheinriver to the Netherlands. Few would have been able to make thetrip without help. An underground railroad was established, andProtestant families along the Rhein gave sanctuary to therefugees as they made their way to the new world.
B. England
England saw the German refugees as being worth their weight ingold. However, England had to ensure that the European refugeeswould not cost too much for upkeep. They were also not to beallowed to become citizens. That was the reason for the refugeecamps.
Once the Palatine emigrants got established in the colonies,they in turn, started helping out other emigrants. The Palatinesof America monitored the schedules of ship arrivals, and many ofthem met the ships which were due to have Palatines on board. Inthis way many of the colonists were able to pay for the passageof family members and literally to ...
Lorine Schulze has an excellent page on Palatine history, some Palatine surnames, and ship passenger lists on her Web Pages at the Olive Tree Enterprises Genealogy Site. The really good thing about...Kraig Ruckel is another researcher who is interested in the Palatines. He has some great web pages and many excellent resources.Early History of Frederick County, MDFor some information on German colonies in Virginia, check out: The Germanna Foundation, a Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, Inc.; P.O. Box 693; Culpeper, Virginia 22701 whi...Oct 13, 2022 · At the same time, the Bohemian estates deposed Ferdinand as King of Bohemia (Ferdinand remained emperor, since the titles are separate) and replaced him with Frederick V, Elector Palatine, a leading Calvinist and son-in-law of the Protestant James VI and I, King of Scotland, England, and Ireland.
By Louis Ciotola. As the year 1622 dawned over Germany, things appeared bleak for the refugee “Winter King” of Bohemia, Elector Palatine Frederick V. The entire Protestant cause, in fact, was in its most dire crisis to date in the ongoing struggle against Catholic powers.
