Gustavus Adolphus of the Palatinate

Prince Gustavus Adolphus
Prince Palatine

Prince Gustavus (left), with his oldest sister, Elisabeth of the Palatinate (right) by Gerard van Honthorst.
Born (1632-01-14)14 January 1632
The Hague, Netherlands
Died 9 January 1641 (aged 8)
House House of Palatine Simmern
Father Frederick V, Elector Palatine
Mother Elizabeth Stuart
Religion Protestant

Gustavus Adolphus of the Palatinate (Prince Palatine Gustavus Adolphus, 14 January 1632 – 9 January 1641), was the last son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine (of the House of Wittelsbach), the "Winter King" of Bohemia, by his consort, the English princess Elizabeth Stuart. Gustavus was born up in the Dutch Republic, where her family had sought refuge after the sequestration of their Electorate during the Thirty Years' War. Gustavus's brother Charles Louis was, as part of the Peace of Westphalia, restored to the Palatinate.[1]

Biography

Prince Gustavus was born in The Hague, where his parents lived in exile after his father lost the Battle of White Mountain and was driven from the thrones of both Bohemia and the Palatinate. He was named after King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, a close friend of both his parents. His paternal grandparents were Frederick IV and of Louise Juliana of Nassau and maternal grandparents were James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark. His father, a Calvinist, died on 29 November 1632, when Gustavus was a baby.

Gustavus died of epilepsy on 9 January 1641, at age 8 years old.

Ancestry

References

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

Bibliography

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