Frederick V, "Winter King" of Bohemia

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Frederick V, known as the "Winter King" of Bohemia, was a Calvinist Elector Palatine whose brief and ill-fated reign as King of Bohemia helped ignite the Thirty Years' War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Calvinist ⓘ
Elector Palatine ⓘ
German prince ⓘ
King of Bohemia ⓘ
Protestant leader ⓘ
human ⓘ
member of the House of Wittelsbach ⓘ
birthDate 1596-08-26 ⓘ
birthPlace Amberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Electoral Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Lutheran Church of St. Stephen, Mainz (probable / traditional attribution) NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfFame brief reign as the "Winter King" of Bohemia ⓘ
role in triggering the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
child Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charlotte of the Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elisabeth of the Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Henriette Marie of the Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maurice of the Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philip Frederick, Count Palatine of Simmern NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rupert of the Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
coronationDate 1619-11-04 ⓘ
coronationPlace Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate 1632-11-29 ⓘ
deathPlace Electorate of Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime as Elector Palatine: 1623 (deposed) ⓘ
as King of Bohemia: 1620 ⓘ
father Frederick IV, Elector Palatine NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Frederick NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlias Frederick V of the Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frederick V, "Winter King" of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Winter King NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryConflict Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ
monarchOf Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Electoral Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother Louise Juliana of Nassau NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Wittelsbach NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of White Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Defenestration of Prague (context of his election) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Outbreak of the Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Leadership of the Protestant Union ⓘ
numeral V ⓘ
politicalAlignment Protestant Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Count Palatine of the Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elector Palatine of the Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
King of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Frederick IV, Elector Palatine (as Elector Palatine) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (as King of Bohemia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Reformed Protestantism ⓘ
residence Heidelberg Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prague Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Hague (in exile) NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Stuart NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elizabeth of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime as Elector Palatine: 1610 ⓘ
as King of Bohemia: 1619 ⓘ
successor Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (as King of Bohemia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (as Elector Palatine, de facto) NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Battle of White Mountain → opponentOf → Frederick V, "Winter King" of Bohemia ⓘ
Maurice of the Palatinate → father → Frederick V, "Winter King" of Bohemia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick V, the Winter King of Bohemia
Henriette Marie of the Palatinate → notableRelative → Frederick V, "Winter King" of Bohemia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick V, the "Winter King"