FREDERICK, ELECTOR PALATINE OF THE RHINE, AFTERWARDS KING OF BOHEMIA.
Arms.—Impaled.
Dexter: Quarterly.
1st and 4th; sa., a lion rampant or, crowned gu. Pfalz-am-Rhein.
2nd and 3rd; lozengy, az. and arg. Bavaria.
Over all an escutcheon of pretence bearing a Royal orb as an emblem of dominion.
Sinister: The Royal arms of James I. (q.v.).
Crest.—Out of a princely coronet, a lion sejant or, crowned gu., between 2 buffalo horns lozengy, az. and arg.
Supporters.—2 lions rampant or, crowned gu.
[Legrain. Decade contenant la vie et gestes de Henry le Grand Roy de France. Paris, 1614.]
Frederick V., Elector Palatine of the Rhine, married the Princess Elizabeth (born 15th August 1596, died 13th February 1662), daughter of James VI. of Scotland, in 1613. In 1618, Frederick was elected King of Bohemia; his acceptance of this dignity is said to have been largely due to his wife's ambition. As Queen of Bohemia, Elizabeth's life was not easy, and she was never popular at Prague, and in 1622 the Palatinate was taken by the Duke of Bavaria. Her father, now James I. of England, does not appear to have taken much interest in the Queen of Bohemia; neither in turn did Charles I. In 1632 the King of Bohemia died, and the Queen passed the latter part of her life in England.
Queen Elizabeth's youngest daughter, Sophia, Electress of Hanover, was the mother of George I., King of England.
