Frederick II, Elector Palatine

Frederick II, Elector Palatine

Frederick II, Count Palatine of the Rhine (9 December 1482 in Winzingen Castle near Neustadt an der Weinstraße – 26 February 1556 in Alzey), a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty was Prince-elector of the Palatinate from 1544 to 1556.

Frederick was the fourth son of Philip, Elector Palatine and Margarete of Bavaria-Landshut.

He was custodian of the young dukes of Palatinate-Neuburg Otto Henry and Philip and then served as general for the Habsburg Ferdinand I. In March 1544 he succeeded his brother Louis V as Prince-elector of the Palatinate. He introduced the Protestant Reformation and was therefore outlawed by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor until Frederick submitted. He was succeeded by his former ward Otto Henry.


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