Ancestral Trails 2016 » Friedrich von der PFALZ IV (1574-1610)

Personal data Friedrich von der PFALZ IV 

  • He was born on March 5, 1574 in Amberg, Oberpfalz, Bayern, Germany.
  • Title: Elector Palatine of the Rhine
  • (Ancestry) : House of Wittelsbach.
  • He died on September 9, 1610 in Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, he was 36 years old.
  • A child of Ludwig von der PFALZ and Elizabeth von HESSE

Household of Friedrich von der PFALZ IV

He had a relationship with Louise Juliana von NASSAU.


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Notes about Friedrich von der PFALZ IV

Frederick IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (German: Kurfürst Friedrich IV. von der Pfalz; 5 March 1574 - 19 September 1610), only surviving son of Louis VI, Elector Palatine and Elisabeth of Hesse, called "Frederick the Righteous" (German: Friedrich Der Aufrichtige; French: Frédéric IV le juste).

Born in Amberg, his father died in October 1583 and Frederick came under the guardianship of his uncle, John Casimir, an ardent Calvinist. The Calvinist mathematician and astronomer Bartholemaeus Pitiscus served as Frederick's tutor and later became court preacher.

In January 1592, Frederick assumed control of the government of the Electorate of the Palatinate upon the death of John Casimir. Frederick continued John Casimir's anti-Catholic measures and in 1608 became the head of the Protestant military alliance known as the Protestant Union. He soon fell prey to alcoholism, leaving state matters largely to his chief minister Christian of Anhalt. Frederick IV died in 1610 in Heidelberg.

Family and children
In 1593 he married Louise Juliana of Nassau, the daughter of William I of Orange and Charlotte de Bourbon-Monpensier. They had eight children:

Luise Juliane of the Palatinate (Heidelberg, 16 July 1594 - Meisenheim, 28 April 1640); married in 1612 to Pfalzgraf John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.
Katharina Sofie of the Palatinate (Heidelberg, 10 June 1595 - Köln an der Spree, 28 June 1626).
Frederick V, Elector Palatine (Jagdschloß Deinschwang, 16 August 1596 - Mainz, 29 November 1632).
Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (Neumarkt, 19 November 1597 - Crossen an der Oder, 26 April 1660); married in 1616 to Elector George William of Brandenburg.
Anna Eleonore of the Palatinate (Heidelberg, 4 January 1599 - Heidelberg, 10 October 1600).
Louis William of the Palatinate (Heidelberg, 5 August 1600 - Heidelberg, 10 October 1600).
Maurice Christian of the Palatinate (Heidelberg, 18 September 1601 - Heidelberg, 28 March 1605).
Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern (Heidelberg, 23 November 1602 - Krossen, 6 January 1655).
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Birthday March 5, 1574

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1574: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 30 » Henry III becomes King of France.
    • August 30 » Guru Ram Das becomes the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master.
    • October 3 » The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen.
    • November 22 » Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.

Day of death September 9, 1610

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1610: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.
    • June 5 » The masque Tethys' Festival is performed at Whitehall Palace to celebrate the investiture of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales.
    • July 4 » The Battle of Klushino is fought between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish–Muscovite War.
    • July 5 » John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
    • August 9 » The First Anglo-Powhatan War begins in colonial Virginia.
    • October 17 » French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral.


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