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Frederick V (German: Friedrich; 26 August 1596 – 29 November 1632) 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 I, the Victorious ( der Siegreiche) (1 August 1425, Heidelberg – 12 December 1476, Heidelberg) was a Count Palatine of the Rhine and Elector Palatine from the House of Wittelsbach in 1451–1476. Biography. He was a son of Louis III, Elector Palatine and his second wife Matilda of Savoy.
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In 1619, the Protestant Frederick V, Elector Palatine accepted the throne of Bohemia from the Bohemian Diet. This initiated the 1618–1648 Thirty Years' War , one of the most destructive conflicts in human history; it caused over eight million fatalities from military action, violence, famine and plague, the vast majority in the German states ...
Apr 15, 2017 · Elector Palatine Friedrich I "der Siegreiche" von der Pfalz (Wittelsbach), Kurfürst (1425 - 1476) - Genealogy. Frederick I, Elector Palatine. ‹ Back to von der Pfalz surname. View Complete Profile. Historical records matching Frederick I, Elector Palatine. Frederick I in Famous People Throughout History.
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Frederick V 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 derisive sobriquet "the Winter King" .
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Frederick III (Frederick the Pious), 1515–76, elector palatine (1559–76). The first German prince to accept Calvinism, he ordered the Heidelberg Catechism (1563) drawn up (see under Heidelberg). He aided the Calvinists in the Netherlands and in France.
