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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Frederick III, Elector Palatine canonical 9
Elector Frederick III of the Palatinate 2
Elector Frederick II 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 of Palatinate-Simmern ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
nobleTitle George, Count Palatine of Simmern ⓘ
surface form: Count Palatine of Simmern

Count Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Elector Palatine of the Rhine
notableWork Heidelberg Catechism ⓘ
participatedIn Reformation ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
placeOfBirth Rhineland ⓘ
surface form: Hunsrück

Simmern ⓘ
placeOfDeath Heidelberg ⓘ
positionHeld Count Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ
Count Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Elector Palatine of the Rhine
predecessor Otto Henry, Elector Palatine ⓘ
reignEnd 1576 ⓘ
reignStart 1559 ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
residence Heidelberg Castle ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Maria of Simmern ⓘ
surface form: Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
successor Louis VI, Elector Palatine ⓘ
supported Calvinist theologians ⓘ
Heidelberg University ⓘ
surface form: University of Heidelberg

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Electoral Palatinate → notableRuler → Frederick III, Elector Palatine ⓘ
Heidelberg Catechism → commissionedBy → Frederick III, Elector Palatine ⓘ
House of Palatinate-Simmern → hasMember → Frederick III, Elector Palatine ⓘ
Second Helvetic Confession → commissionedBy → Frederick III, Elector Palatine ⓘ
Frederick III, Elector Palatine → name → Frederick III, Elector Palatine self-link ⓘ
Zacharias Ursinus → appointedBy → Frederick III, Elector Palatine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elector Frederick III of the Palatinate
Reformation in the Palatinate → hasKeyFigure → Frederick III, Elector Palatine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elector Frederick II of the Palatinate
Reformation in the Palatinate → hasKeyFigure → Frederick III, Elector Palatine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elector Frederick III of the Palatinate
Louis VI, Elector Palatine → father → Frederick III, Elector Palatine ⓘ
Louis VI, Elector Palatine → predecessor → Frederick III, Elector Palatine ⓘ
Otto Henry, Elector Palatine → succeededBy → Frederick III, Elector Palatine ⓘ
John Casimir of Simmern → father → Frederick III, Elector Palatine ⓘ