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Frederick V, Elector Palatine

Type Figure Region Palatinate Time 1596–1632 Also known as 腓特烈五世、Winter King、冬日国王、普法尔茨选帝侯腓特烈五世

Elector Palatine of the Rhineland, briefly King of Bohemia in 1619–1620, exiled after defeat at White Mountain, known as the 'Winter King';…

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  1. 1610–1619Heidelberg · PalatinateInherited the electoral dignity in 1610, ruling the Rhineland Protestant center of Heidelberg, and through marriage into the English Stuart dynasty became an important Protestant prince before the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War.
  2. 1619–1620Prague · BohemiaCrowned in 1619 at the invitation of the Bohemian rebels, he attempted to rule a kingdom with Catholic Habsburg overlordship as a Calvinist prince; after the defeat at White Mountain in 1620 he fled in haste.
  3. 1621–1632The Hague · Dutch RepublicFrom 1621 he maintained an exiled court at The Hague; though he lost his territories and electoral title, he remained an active Protestant symbol, seeking support from the Dutch, English, and northern princes until his death in 1632.

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