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Frederick II, Count Palatine of the Rhine (9 December 1482 – 26 February 1556), also Frederick the Wise, a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was Prince-elector of the Palatinate from 1544 to 1556, and pretender to the Norwegian Throne from 1535 to 1556.
elector (1610-1623), Palatinate. Notable Family Members: spouse Elizabeth Stuart. son Prince Rupert. Role In: Battle of White Mountain. Thirty Years’ War. Frederick V (born Aug. 26, 1596, Amberg, Upper Palatinate [Germany]—died Nov. 29, 1632, Mainz) was the elector Palatine of the Rhine, king of Bohemia (as Frederick I, 1619–20), and ...
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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.
Frederick V (1596 –1632) Elector Palatine of the Rhine (1610–23) and, as Frederick I, King of Bohemia (1619–20) “The Winter King”. Knight of the Garter. Married Elizabeth Stuart (1596 – 1662) daughter of James VI and I, King of Scotland, England, and Ireland. Charles Louis (1617 –1680) Elector Palatine. Raugrave zu Pfalz.
Frederick IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (German: Kurfürst Friedrich IV. von der Pfalz; 5 March 1574 – 19 September 1610), only surviving son of Louis VI, Elector Palatine and Elisabeth of Hesse, called "Frederick the Righteous" (German: Friedrich Der Aufrichtige; French: Frédéric IV le juste).
Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Frederick III (elector palatine) views 1,736,944 updated. 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 ).
FREDERICK I. (1425–1476), elector palatine of the Rhine, surnamed “the Victorious,” and called by his enemies “wicked Fritz,” second son of the elector palatine Louis III., was born on the 1st of August 1425.
