Frederick II, Elector Palatine


Frederick II
Portrait by Hans Besser, 1545.
Elector Palatine
Reign16 March 1544 – 26 February 1556
PredecessorLouis V
SuccessorOtto Henry
Born9 December 1482
Winzingen Castle near Neustadt an der Weinstraße
Died26 February 1556(1556-02-26) (aged 73)
Alzey
Spouse
(m. 1535)
HouseWittelsbach
FatherPhilip, Elector Palatine
MotherMargarete of Bavaria-Landshut
ReligionLutheran (from 1540s)
Catholic (until 1540s)

Frederick II, Count Palatine of the Rhine (9 December 1482 – 26 February 1556), also Frederick the Wise, a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was Prince-elector of the Palatinate from 1544 to 1556, and pretender to the Norwegian Throne from 1535 to 1556.

The Kurfürst-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Heidelberg is named after him.