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Frederick IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine ( March 5 , 1574 - September 19 , 1610 ), only surviving son of Louis VI, Elector Palatine and Elisabeth Of Hesse , called "Frederick the Righteous" (in German, ''Friedrich Der Aufrichtige''; in French ''Frédéric IV le juste''). Born in Amberg , his father had 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 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 . FAMILY AND CHILDREN In 1593 he married Louise Juliana Of Orange-Nassau , the daughter of William I Of Orange and Charlotte De Bourbon-Monpensier . They had eight children: # Luise Juliane ( 16 July 1594 – 28 April 1640 ), married in 1612 to Pfalzgraf John II Of Pfalz-Zweibrücken # Katharina Sofie ( 10 June 1595 – 28 June 1626 ) # Frederick V, Elector Palatine ( 16 August 1596 – 29 November 1632 ) # Elisabeth Charlotte ( 19 November 1597 – 26 April 1660 ),married to Elector George William Of Brandenburg # Anna Eleonore, died young in 1600 # Ludwig Wilhelm, born and died in 1600 # Moritz Christian, died young in 1605 # Ludwig Philipp Of Pfalz-Simmern-Kaiserslautern ( 23 November 1602 – 6 January 1655 ) In 1619 , his son Frederick V, Elector Palatine accepted the crown of Bohemia , an act that initiated the Thirty Years' War , a war that proved disastrous to the Palatinate . He died in Heidelberg . |
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