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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 59 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FREDERICK IV . (1574-1610), elector See also:palatine of the See also:Rhine, only surviving son of the elector See also:Louis VI., was See also:born at See also:Amberg on the 5th of See also:March 1594. His See also:father died in See also:October 1583, when the See also:young elector came under the guardianship of his See also:uncle See also:John Casimir, an ardent Calvinist, who, in spite of the wishes of the See also:late elector, a Lutheran, had his See also:nephew educated in his own See also:form of faith. In See also:January 1592, on the See also:death of John Casimir, Frederick undertook the See also:government of the See also:Palatinate, and continued the policy of his uncle, hostility to the See also:Catholic See also:Church and the Habsburgs, and co-operation with See also:foreign Protestants. He was often in communication with See also:Henry of See also:Navarre, afterwards Henry IV. of See also:France, and like him was unremitting in his efforts to conclude a See also:league among the See also:German Protestants, while he sought to weaken the Habsburgs by refusing aid for the See also:Turkish See also:War. After many delays and disappointments the See also:Union of Evangelical Estates was actually formed in May 1603, under the leadership of the elector, and he took a prominent See also:part in directing the operations of the union until his death, which occurred on the 19th of See also:September 1610. Frederick was very extravagant, and liked to surround himself with pomp and luxury. He married in 1593 See also:Louise, daughter of See also:William the Silent, See also:prince of See also:Orange, and was succeeded by Frederick, the See also:elder of his two sons. See M. See also:Ritter, Geschichte der deutschen Union (See also:Schaffhausen, 1867-'873); and L. See also:Hausser, Geschichte der rheinischen Pfalz (See also:Heidelberg, 1856).

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