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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.
- 19 September 1610 – 23 February 1623
- Frederick IV
- 4 November 1619, St Vitus Cathedral
- Maximilian I
In 1618 the Elector Palatine, Frederick V, also headed the Protestant Union. Frederick hoped to break the Catholic hold on the office of emperor upon the death of the emperor Matthias (r. 1612-1619), who was old and childless. The electors of Saxony and Brandenburg were also Protestants.
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Frederick V was the elector Palatine of the Rhine, king of Bohemia (as Frederick I, 1619–20), and director of the Protestant Union. Brought up a Calvinist, partly in France, Frederick succeeded his father, Frederick IV, both as elector and as director of the Protestant Union in 1610, with Christian.
In 1541 elector Otto Henry converted to Lutheranism. Their climax and decline is marked by the rule of Elector Palatine Frederick V, whose coronation as king of Bohemia in 1619 sparked the Thirty Years' War.
The wedding of Elizabeth Stuart (1596–1662), daughter of James VI and I, and Frederick V of the Palatinate (1596–1632) was celebrated in London in February 1613. There were fireworks, masques (small, choreography-based plays), tournaments, and a mock-sea battle or naumachia.
The marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Elector Frederick V of the Palatinate on Valentine’s Day 1613 had been the greatest court spectacle of James VI & I’s reign, and many tributes to the couple evoked a connection between the bride and her Tudor namesake, especially the late queen’s fervent Protestantism.11 Such parallels were assisted by the f...
Jun 22, 2023 · This chapter examines the broad policy objectives pursued by the exiled Palatine Family following the death of Elector Frederick V in November 1632, and identifies the key figures who directed the strategy of the dispossessed dynasty throughout the second half of the Thirty Years’ War.
