Biography of Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine 1596-1632

Before 16th July 1594 [his father] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 20) and [his mother] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 18) were married. She by marriage Electress Palatine Rhine. He the son of [his grandfather] Louis VI Elector Palatine.

On 26th August 1596 Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine was born to Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 22) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 20).

On 19th September 1610 [his father] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 36) died.

On 19th September 1610 Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 14) was elected V Elector Palatine Rhine.

On 1st January 1614 [his son] Frederick Henry Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 17) and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 17). He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 22nd September 1617 [his son] Charles Louis Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 21) and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 21) at Heidelburg. He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 26th December 1618 [his daughter] Elisabeth Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 22) and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 22). She a granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 4th November 1619 Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 23) was crowned King Bohemia. [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 23) crowned Queen Consort Bohemia.

On 17th December 1619 [his son] Prince Rupert Palatinate Simmern 1st Duke Cumberland was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 23) and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 23) at Prague. He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 4th January 1621 Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot (age 49) was created 1st Viscount Wilmot of Athlone by [his brother-in-law] King Charles I (age 20) as a reward for his activities in Ireland.

On 16th January 1621 [his son] Maurice Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 24) and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 24). He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

In 1622 [his daughter] Louise Hollandine Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 25) and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 25). She a granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

In 1623 [his son] Louis Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 26) and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 26). He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

In 1624 [his son] Louis Palatinate Simmern (age 1) died.

In 1625 Robert Heath (age 49) was appointed Attorney General by [his brother-in-law] King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 24).

On 5th October 1625 [his son] Edward Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 29) and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 29) at The Hague. He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

In 1626 [his daughter] Henriette Marie Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 29) and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 29). She a granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 5th February 1626 James Ley 1st Earl of Marlborough (age 74) was created 1st Earl Marlborough by [his brother-in-law] King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 25). Jane Boteler Countess Marlborough by marriage Countess Marlborough.

In 1627 [his son] Philip Frederick Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 30) and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 30). He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

In 1628 [his daughter] Charlotte Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 31) and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 31). She a granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 1st January 1629 [his son] Frederick Henry Palatinate Simmern (age 15) drowned. He was on his way to Amsterdam to see the captured Spanish treasure fleet there and drowned crossing the Haarlemmermeer.

In 1630 Ralph Dutton (age 55) was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to [his brother-in-law] King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 29).

Around 1630 Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt (age 63). Portrait of Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 33).

On 14th October 1630 [his daughter] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 34) and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 34). She a granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

In 1631 [his daughter] Charlotte Palatinate Simmern (age 3) died.

In January 1631 Frederick Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis (age 19) and Elizabeth Ashburnham (age 18) were married. After the wedding [his brother-in-law] King Charles I (age 30), Henrietta Maria (age 21) and Susan Feilding, Countess of Denbigh (age 48) wrote to congratulate his mother Jane, Baroness Cornwallis Bacon (age 50), and ask her to forgive him for his disobedience and return him to her favour. Denbigh said Ashburnham was her cousin "though her family be unfortunate".

On 5th July 1631 Edmund Waller (age 25) and Anne Banks were married in defiance of orders of the Privy Council of England and the Court of Aldermen of the City of London whose ward she was. Her father had left her £8000 when he died a year earlier. The Aldermen made a complaint to the Star Chamber, seeking that for the offence of marrying Anne without the court's permission the whole of the Banks fortune should be forfeited to the City of London, but they were denied such an outcome by a pardon from [his brother-in-law] King Charles (age 30), who took a more tolerant view of the matter. Waller was then summoned to appear before the Court of Aldermen in December 1631, when he agreed to make a jointure of £1,000 a year to his wife, also giving her the power to spend £2,000 of her inheritance, and the Court accepted this proposal but fined him 500 marks.

In 1632 [his son] Gustavus Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 35) and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 35). He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 29th November 1632 Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 36) died.

In 1635 Gerrit van Honthorst (age 42). Portrait of Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine.

John Evelyn's Diary. 27th May 1641. Arrived at Hague, I went first to the [his former wife] Queen of Bohemia's (age 44) Court, where I had the honour to kiss her Majesty's hand, and several of the Princesses' her daughters. [his son] Prince Maurice (age 20) was also there, newly come out of Germany, and my Lord Finch (age 19), not long before fled out of England from the fury of the Parliament. It was a fasting-day with the Queen for the unfortunate death of her husband, and the presence-chamber had been hung with black velvet ever since his decease.

On 13th February 1662 [his former wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 65) died of pneumonia shortly after midnight. She was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].