Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia

Electress consort of the Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (1596-1662)

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Lived 1596–1662, aged 66

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1596–1662
Aged 66

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People connected to Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia

SpouseFrederick V of the Palatinate

FatherJames VI and I

ChildSophia of Hanover

SiblingCharles I of England

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Elizabeth Stuart briefly ruled Bohemia alongside her husband before his reign collapsed after a single winter, earning her the enduring nickname "The Winter Queen." Her nine-month reign inadvertently sparked the Thirty Years' War.

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Elizabeth Stuart was Electress of the Palatinate and briefly Queen of Bohemia as the wife of Frederick V of the Palatinate. The couple's selection for the crown by the nobles of Bohemia was part of the political and religious turmoil that set off the Thirty Years' War. Since her husband's reign in Bohemia lasted over only one winter, she is called "The Winter Queen".

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