Frederick V, Prince-Elector of the Rhenish Palatinate, …
Years: 1618 - 1618
November
Frederick V, Prince-Elector of the Rhenish Palatinate, intellectual, and mystic, had succeeded his father in 1610.
A member of the Calvinist Palatine branch of the house of Wittelsbach, he is the nephew of Maurice of Nassau, the virtual ruler of the Netherlands.
He had in 1613 married Elizabeth, daughter of King James I of England, who opposes the takeover of Bohemia from the Habsburgs.
The Protestant estates of Bohemia, in revolt against the Roman Catholic King Ferdinand II, offer the crown of Bohemia to Frederick, as he has inherited the leadership of the Protestant Union, a military alliance founded by his father.
Frederick duly accepts and is crowned on November 4, 1618.
His coronation triggers the Thirty Years War.
Locations
People
Groups
- Passau, Bishopric of
- Eichstätt, Prince-Bishopric of
- Mainz, Electoral Archbishopric of
- Augsburg, Prince-Bishopric of
- Speyer, Prince-Bishopric of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Constance, Bishopric of
- Austria, Archduchy of
- Würzburg, Bishopric of
- Trier, Electoral Archbishop of
- Ulm, Free Imperial City of
- Bohemia, Kingdom of
- Kempten in the Allgäu, Imperial Ducal Abbey (Free City) of
- Nuremberg, Free Imperial City of
- Strasbourg, Imperial Free City of
- Salzburg, Archbishopric of
- Cologne, Electorate of
- Palatinate, Electoral (Wittelsbach)
- Worms, Bishopric of
- Brandenburg, (Hohenzollern) Margravate of
- Württemberg, Duchy of
- Regensburg (Ratisbon), Imperial Free City of
- Palatinate-Neuburg
- Bavaria, Wittelsbach Duchy of
- Baden-Durlach, Margravate of
- Protestantism
- Hungary, Royal
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Baden-Rodenheim, Margravate of
- Anhalt-Köthen, Principality of
- Anhalt-Zerbst, Principality of
- Anhalt-Plotzkau, Principality of
- Anhalt-Dessau, Principality of
- Anhalt-Bernburg, Principality of
- Protestant League (League of Evangelical Union)
- Catholic League, the (German)
- Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire
Topics
- Protestant Reformation
- Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival)
- Bohemian-Palatine War
- Thirty Years' War
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Years: 1618 - 1618
November
Locations
People
Groups
- Passau, Bishopric of
- Eichstätt, Prince-Bishopric of
- Mainz, Electoral Archbishopric of
- Augsburg, Prince-Bishopric of
- Speyer, Prince-Bishopric of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Constance, Bishopric of
- Austria, Archduchy of
- Würzburg, Bishopric of
- Trier, Electoral Archbishop of
- Ulm, Free Imperial City of
- Bohemia, Kingdom of
- Kempten in the Allgäu, Imperial Ducal Abbey (Free City) of
- Nuremberg, Free Imperial City of
- Strasbourg, Imperial Free City of
- Salzburg, Archbishopric of
- Cologne, Electorate of
- Palatinate, Electoral (Wittelsbach)
- Worms, Bishopric of
- Brandenburg, (Hohenzollern) Margravate of
- Württemberg, Duchy of
- Regensburg (Ratisbon), Imperial Free City of
- Palatinate-Neuburg
- Bavaria, Wittelsbach Duchy of
- Baden-Durlach, Margravate of
- Protestantism
- Hungary, Royal
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Baden-Rodenheim, Margravate of
- Anhalt-Köthen, Principality of
- Anhalt-Zerbst, Principality of
- Anhalt-Plotzkau, Principality of
- Anhalt-Dessau, Principality of
- Anhalt-Bernburg, Principality of
- Protestant League (League of Evangelical Union)
- Catholic League, the (German)
- Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire
Topics
- Protestant Reformation
- Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival)
- Bohemian-Palatine War
- Thirty Years' War
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions