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Frederick V, Elector Palatine, King of Bohemia

FEDERICO V, ELETTORE PALATINO, RE DI BOEMIA

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Also known as: German: Winterkönig, Friedrich V., Friedrich V. von der Pfalz; Winter King, Frederick V of the Palatinate; Italian: Federico V del Palatinato

FREDERICK V, Elector Palatine, King of Bohemia. - B. 26 Aug. 1596, d. 29 Nov. 1632. He strengthened his European position by marrying Elizabeth, daughter of James I of England (1613). In 1619 he accepted the crown of Bohemia, whence the bitter struggle against the Habsburgs, in which he was defeated at the battle of the White Mountain near Prague (Nov. 1620). Bohemia thus returned to the orbit of the "Counter-Reformation"; moreover, F.'s policy as head of the Evangelical Union had alienated the sympathy of the populations. After the defeat F. fled to Holland, hoping in vain to return to the throne. D. at Mainz.

Bibliography

BIBL.: E. Prédin-V. L. Tapié, Le XVIIe siècle, 2nd ed., Paris 1949, ch. 3 and the bibliography cited there.

Massimo Petrocchi

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By Massimo Petrocchi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), coll. 1116–1117.

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Petrocchi, Massimo. “Federico V, elettore palatino, re di boemia.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, coll. 1116–1117. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/federico-v-elettore-palatino-re-di-boemia.

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Petrocchi, Massimo. “Federico V, elettore palatino, re di boemia.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1116–1117. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/federico-v-elettore-palatino-re-di-boemia.

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  author    = {Petrocchi, Massimo},
  title     = {Federico V, elettore palatino, re di boemia},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1116--1117},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/federico-v-elettore-palatino-re-di-boemia}
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