Henry Frederick, Hereditary Prince of the Palatinate, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henry Frederick, Hereditary Prince of the Palatinate

eldest son of Frederick V, the Winter King, and his wife, Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of King James I of England

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1614

Place of Birth: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 07-Jan-1629

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Henry Frederick, Hereditary Prince of the Palatinate

  • Henry Frederick, Electoral Prince of the Palatinate, (German: Heinrich Friedrich; 1 January 1614 – 7 January 1629 in the Netherlands) was the eldest son of Frederick V, the Winter King, and his wife, Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of King James I of England. As soon as the prince was born, Elizabeth ordered "pieces" using the English word, meaning the firing of cannon to celebrate the birth.
  • He was most probably named after his dead uncle Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, who like him died a teenager.
  • He wrote a letter to his grandfather King James from The Hague on 11 May 1621.Henry Frederick drowned at the age of 15.
  • He was on his way to Amsterdam to see the captured Spanish treasure fleet there and drowned crossing the Haarlemmermeer.

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