Frederick the Winter King

Frederick V known as Frederick the Winter King, a grandson of William of Orange, was born on Aug 26 in 1596– and died on Nov 29 in 1632. He was king of Bohemia for one winter from 1619 to 1620 and elector palatine from 1610 to 1623.

The Protestant estates of Bohemia revolted against the Roman Catholic King Ferdinand (Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II) and chose Frederick as the head of the Protestant union against Catholic Austria at the beginning of the Thirty Years’ War.

Influenced by his minister Christian of Anhalt, Frederick accepted but did not receive the aid expected from his father-in-law, James I of England, and from the Protestant Union against Ferdinand.

He was soon abandoned by his allies and was routed in the Battle of White Mountain. He was defeated by the German Emperor Ferdinand II. In 1622 he went into exile in Holland.
Frederick the Winter King