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On 23 May 1618 a group of members of the Protestant estates threw two of Ferdinand II's representatives from the third story of Prague Castle in an event known as the Defenestration of Prague. On 28 August 1619 the full Bohemian estates declared Ferdinand II deposed. They offered the throne to Frederick V, elector Palatine, who accepted.
The Bohemian rebels established a provisional government, invaded Upper Austria, and sought assistance from the Habsburgs' opponents. Matthias II died on 20 March 1619. Ferdinand was elected Holy Roman Emperor on 28 August 1619 (Frankfurt), two days before the Protestant Bohemian Estates deposed Ferdinand (as king of Bohemia). News of his ...
Its outbreak is generally traced to 1618, [k] when Emperor Ferdinand II was deposed as king of Bohemia and replaced by the Protestant Frederick V of the Palatinate. Although Imperial forces quickly suppressed the Bohemian Revolt , Frederick's participation expanded the fighting into the Palatinate , whose strategic importance drew in the Dutch ...
On August 26, 1619, the estates of Bohemia deposed Ferdinand II and elected Frederick V, elector Palatine, as king. Frederick accepted. The Protestant plan was: Protestants vote for Frederick V of the Palatinate and Bohemia: 4 John George I, elector of Saxony; John Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg; Frederick V, as elector Palatine
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies [16] 9. Maria Amalia of Saxony [18] (= 13) 2. Francis I of the Two Sicilies: 10. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor [19] 5. Maria Carolina of Austria [16] 11. Maria Theresa of Austria [19] 1. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies: 12. Charles III of Spain [18] (= 8) 6. Charles IV of Spain [17] 13. Maria Amalia of Saxony ...
Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia, deposed 1619, restored 1620. Frederick, ... re-deposed 1690. Sharif 'Abdu'llah II bin Hashim, Grand Sharif of Mecca, deposed 1694.
Richard II Kingdom of England: King of England: 29 September 1399 Henry IV: Albert Kingdom of Sweden: King of Sweden: 1405 (deposed 1389) Margaret: Go-Komatsu: Japan: Emperor of Japan: 5 October 1412 Shōkō: Gregory XII Papal States: Pope: 4 July 1415 Martin V: Murad II Ottoman Empire: Ottoman Sultan: August 1444 Mehmed II: Go-Hanazono: Japan ...
Ferdinand II was deposed as King of Bohemia and replaced by Frederick V of the Palatinate. Eventually, the conflict spread from an intrastate rebellion into a full-scale war between two religious groups: the Protestant North German states (which later included Denmark and Sweden ); and the Catholic powers of the Austrian and Spanish Habsburgs ...