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5 days ago · He will meet more resistance, on the other hand, in making his further claim that in pursuing the Match the English were prepared to sacrifice the interests of James's son-in-law, Frederick V Elector Palatine, whose principality had been conquered by Spanish and other Catholic armies.
1 day ago · Another option was Frederick V, Elector Palatine, a Calvinist who succeeded his father in 1610, and in 1613 married Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James I of England. Four of the electors were Catholic, and three were Protestant; if this balance changed, it would potentially result in the election of a Protestant emperor.
5 days ago · Buckingham's popularity suffered further when he was blamed for the failure of the military expedition under the command of Ernst von Mansfeld, a famous German mercenary general, sent to the continent to recover the Palatinate (1625), which had belonged to Frederick V, Elector Palatine, son-in-law of King James I of England.
3 days ago · May 14, 1608: The Protestant League of Evangelical Union was a coalition of Protestant German states. It was formed by Frederick IV, Elector Palatine in order to defend the rights, land and safety ...
2 days ago · Brother of Maurice. Recognized as Elector by the ousted John Frederick I in 1554. From 1573 he was also regent for Frederick William, in the Ernestine duchy of Saxe-Weimar. John Frederick II: 8 January 1529 1554–1565 19 May 1595 Ernestine Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach: Agnes of Hesse 26 May 1555 Weimar no children Elisabeth of the Palatinate-Simmern ...
4 days ago · I n 1622 as Imperial troops besieged Heidelberg and ravaged the Palatinate, Frederick V, the Elector Palatine decided to disband his army. The German mercenaries of Mansfeld and Christian of Brunswick were immediately hired by the Dutch and summoned to march north to help relieve the siege of Bergen-op-Zoom being prosecuted by the Spanish army in the Low Countries.
5 days ago · Charles II of Spain [a] (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700) was King of Spain from 1665 to 1700. The last monarch from the House of Habsburg, which had ruled Spain since 1516, neither of his marriages produced children, and he died without a direct heir. He is now best remembered for his physical disabilities, and the War of the Spanish ...
