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Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia

Type Figure Region Scotland Time 1596–1662 Also known as Elizabeth Stuart、Elizabeth of Bohemia、Winter Queen、冬王后

Daughter of James VI and I, born in Scotland in 1596; she married Frederick V, Elector Palatine, in 1613 and was briefly queen in 1619–1620 when her …

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  1. 1596–1613London · EnglandBorn in 1596 at Falkland Palace in Fife; after 1603 she followed her father to England, grew up in the London court between 1611 and 1613, received a humanist education, and became an important pawn in continental Protestant marriage politics.
  2. 1613–1619Heidelberg · PalatinateOn 14 February 1613 she held a grand wedding with Frederick V at Whitehall, then settled in Heidelberg, presided over the court and bore several children, becoming a symbolic figure of Rhenish Protestant culture.
  3. 1619–1620Prague · BohemiaIn 1619 the Bohemian Estates elected Frederick V king, and Elizabeth accordingly became queen and was crowned in Prague that November. After the defeat at the Battle of White Mountain in November 1620 the couple went into exile; their brief reign lasted only one winter, hence the name 'Winter Queen', also marking a key turning point of the Thirty Years' War.

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