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Elector Palatine Frederick Elected King of Bohemia

Type Event Region Europe Time 1619

In August 1619 the Bohemian Estates deposed Ferdinand II and on August 26–27 elected Elector Palatine Frederick V as the new king, crowned on Novembe…

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  1. 1619Prague · PragueThe Bohemian Estates ruled that Ferdinand II had violated the Imperial Charter and threatened Protestant rights, formally passing a resolution stripping him of the Bohemian crown. This escalated the uprising from resistance against Habsburg officials into a constitutional act denying the monarch's legitimacy.
  2. 1619St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague · PragueThe Estates elected Frederick V King of Bohemia on the grounds that he led the Protestant camp and had close ties with Protestant powers in the Netherlands and England. Frederick himself was initially hesitant, but accepted the crown under the influence of his wife Elizabeth (daughter of James I) and his advisers.
  3. 1619–1620Prague · PragueFrederick was formally crowned in Prague on November 4, 1619. Catholic Europe regarded him as an illegitimate usurper, and after Ferdinand II was elected Holy Roman Emperor he more forcefully organized a military crusade against him. Frederick reigned less than a year, going into exile after the defeat at White Mountain in 1620, earning the nickname 'Winter King'.

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