Charlotte of the Palatinate (1628–1631)

Princess Charlotte
Princess Charlotte
	Coat of Arms of Frederick V of the Palatinate.
Born	19 December 1628; The Hague, Dutch Republic
Died	14 January 1631 (aged 2); The Hague, Dutch Republic
Burial	Kloosterkerk
House	Palatinate-Simmern
Father	Frederick V, Elector Palatine
Mother	Elizabeth Stuart

Charlotte of the Palatinate (Princess Palatine Charlotte; 19 December 1628 – 14 January 1631), was the fourth daughter of Frederick V, Elector Palatine (of the House of Wittelsbach), the "Winter King" of Bohemia, by his consort, the English princess Elizabeth Stuart. Charlotte was born in the Dutch Republic, where her family had sought refuge after the sequestration of their Electorate during the Thirty Years' War. Charlotte's brother Charles Louis was, as part of the Peace of Westphalia, restored to the Palatinate.^[1]

Biography

Princess Charlotte was born in The Hague, where her parents lived in exile after her father lost the Battle of White Mountain and was driven from the thrones of both Bohemia and the Palatinate.

Her paternal grandparents were Frederick IV and Louise Juliana of Nassau and maternal grandparents were James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark. She died on 14 January 1631, and her father, a Calvinist, died on 29 November 1632, the year after her.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Charlotte of the Palatinate

16. Frederick III, Elector Palatine

8. Louis VI, Elector Palatine

17. Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

4. Frederick IV, Elector Palatine

18. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse

9. Elisabeth of Hesse

19. Christine of Saxony

2. Frederick V, Elector Palatine

20. William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen

10. William the Silent

21. Juliana of Stolberg-Werningerode

5. Louise Juliana of Nassau

22. Louis III de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier

11. Charlotte of Bourbon-Montpensier

23. Jacqueline de Longwy

1. Princess Charlotte

24. Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox

12. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley

25. Margaret Douglas

6. James I of England

26. James V of Scotland

13. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland

27. Mary of Guise

3. Elizabeth Stuart

28. Christian III of Denmark

14. Frederick II of Denmark

29. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

7. Anne of Denmark

30. Ulrich III of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

15. Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

31. Elizabeth of Denmark

References

^ Georg Wilhelm Hopf: Bayerische Geschichte in Zeittafeln, Schmid, 1865, S. 134

Bibliography

Carl Eduard Vehse: Geschichte der deutschen Höfe seit der Reformation: 4. Abth., Geschichte der Höfe der Häuser Baiern, Würtemberg, Baden und Hessen; 2. Th, Band 24, Hoffmann und Campe, 1853, S. 101 (in German)

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[1] Georg Wilhelm Hopf: Bayerische Geschichte in Zeittafeln, Schmid, 1865, S. 134

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