Frederick III, Elector Palatine

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Calvinist Elector Palatine German prince human ruler

Frederick III, Elector Palatine was a 16th-century German prince best known for establishing Calvinism as the official faith of the Palatinate and commissioning the Heidelberg Catechism.

Aliases (1)

Elector Frederick III of the Palatinate ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Calvinist → Elector Palatine → German prince → human → ruler →
alsoKnownAs	Frederick III the Pious →
burialPlace	Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg →
child	Dorothea Susanne of Simmern → John Casimir of Simmern → Louis VI, Elector Palatine →
commissioned	Heidelberg Catechism →
convertedTo	Calvinism →
countryOfCitizenship	Electoral Palatinate →
dateOfBirth	1515-02-14 →
dateOfDeath	1576-10-26 →
deathCause	natural causes →
era	16th century →
ethnicGroup	German →
father	John II, Count Palatine of Simmern →
givenName	Frederick →
knownFor	establishing Calvinism as the official faith of the Palatinate → promoting the Reformed faith in the Holy Roman Empire →
madeOfficialReligion	Calvinism in the Electoral Palatinate →
memberOf	House of Palatinate-Simmern → House of Wittelsbach →
mother	Beatrix of Baden →
name	Frederick III, Elector Palatine →
nobleTitle	Count Palatine of Simmern → Elector Palatine of the Rhine →
notableWork	Heidelberg Catechism →
participatedIn	Reformation →
partOf	Holy Roman Empire →
placeOfBirth	Hunsrück → Simmern →
placeOfDeath	Heidelberg →
positionHeld	Count Palatine of the Rhine → Elector Palatine of the Rhine →
predecessor	Otto Henry, Elector Palatine →
reignEnd	1576 →
reignStart	1559 →
religion	Calvinism → Lutheranism →
residence	Heidelberg Castle →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach →
successor	Louis VI, Elector Palatine →
supported	Calvinist theologians → University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Heidelberg Catechism → Second Helvetic Confession →	commissionedBy
Zacharias Ursinus ("Elector Frederick III of the Palatinate") →	appointedBy
House of Palatinate-Simmern →	hasMember
Frederick III, Elector Palatine →	name
Electoral Palatinate →	notableRuler