Frederick IV | |
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Elector Palatine | |
Reign | 22 October 1583 – 19 September 1610 |
Predecessor | Louis VI |
Successor | Frederick V |
Born | Amberg | 5 March 1574
Died | 19 September 1610 Heidelberg, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire | (aged 36)
Spouse | |
Issue | Luise Juliane, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken Katharina Sofie Frederick V, Elector Palatine Elisabeth Charlotte, Electress of Brandenburg Anna Eleonore Louis William Maurice Christian Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern |
House | Wittelsbach Palatinate-Simmern |
Father | Louis VI, Elector Palatine |
Mother | Elisabeth of Hesse |
Religion | Calvinism |
Frederick IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (German: Friedrich IV.; 5 March 1574 – 19 September 1610), only surviving son of Louis VI, Elector Palatine and Elisabeth of Hesse,[1] called "Frederick the Righteous" (German: Friedrich Der Aufrichtige; French: Frédéric IV le juste).