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FREDERICK II. (1482–1556), surnamed “the Wise,” elector palatine of the Rhine, fourth son of the elector Philip, was born on the 9th of December 1482. Of an active and adventurous temperament, he fought under the emperor Maximilian I. in 1508, and afterwards served the Habsburgs loyally in other ways. He worked to secure the election of ...
Frederick III of Simmern, the Pious, Elector Palatine of the Rhine was a ruler from the house of Wittelsbach, branch Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim. He was a son of John II of Simmern and inherited the Palatinate from the childless Elector Otto-Henry, Elector Palatine (Ottheinrich) in 1559. He was a devout convert to Calvinism, and made the Reformed confession the official religion of his domain ...
May 23, 2018 · The Golden Bull(1356) sealed the right of the "count palatine on the Rhine" (henceforth known as the "elector palatine") to take part in imperial elections. The elector palatine was the first secular prince of the empire and acted as vicar when the imperial office was vacant.
H. Henry VI, Count Palatine of the Rhine. Henry II, Duke of Austria. Henry of Laach. Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine.
From that time forth, the Count Palatine of the Rhine was usually known as the Elector Palatine (Kurfürst von der Pfalz). The position of prince-elector had existed earlier (for example, when two rival kings of Germany were elected in 1257: Richard of Cornwall and Alfonso X of Castile ), though it is difficult to determine exactly the earliest ...
Biography Born in Amberg, became Elector Palatine of the Rhine on his father's death in 1610 but only declared of age in 1614. 1613, married Elizabeth (q.v.), daughter of James I (q.v.) of England. 1619-20, briefly King of Bohemia (crowned on 4 November 1619) before being driven out by Catholic forces at the Battle of the White Mountain in the early stages of what was to become the Thirty ...
