Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Simmern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
About Frederick III, Elector Palatine
- Frederick III of Simmern, the Pious, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (February 14, 1515 – October 26, 1576) was a ruler from the house of Wittelsbach, branch Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim.
- He was a son of John II of Simmern and inherited the Palatinate from the childless Elector Otto-Henry, Elector Palatine (Ottheinrich) in 1559.
- He was a devout convert to Calvinism, and made the Reformed confession the official religion of his domain by overseeing the composition and promulgation of the Heidelberg Catechism.
- His support of Calvinism gave the German Reformed movement a foothold within the Holy Roman Empire.
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