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In May 1620, king James of England decided to support toward Frederick V, his son-in-law, by allowing count Dohna, a Palatine envoy, to recruit volunteers at his own cost. [3] The envoy starts to levy around 10,000 bodies of London citizens, and appointing Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury as commander. [3]
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".
As the year 1622 dawned over Germany, things appeared bleak for the refugee “Winter King” of Bohemia, Elector Palatine Frederick V. The entire Protestant cause, in fact, was in its most dire crisis to date in the ongoing struggle against Catholic powers.
Aug 26, 1596 - Nov 29, 1632. 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...
May 15, 2017 · Frederick’s conflict with Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II over the throne of Bohemia plunged Europe into thirty years of savage violence, fiery devastation, and terrible privation during the...
Frederick V (German: link=no|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.
German: Pfalz. Major Events: Peace of Westphalia. Key People: Thomas Erastus. Charles Theodore. Frederick V. Egid Quirin Asam. Frederick IV. Related Places: Germany. Palatinate, in German history, the lands of the count palatine, a title held by a leading secular prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
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