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Description: | This portrait is after a type established by Miereveld. Frederick V's children from his marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of James VI and I, established the House of Hanover, their daughter Sophia being the mother of George I. Frederick put himself at the head of the Protestant Union of Germany and in 1619 accepted the crown of Bohemia. The following year he was defeated by the forces of the Catholic coalition at the Battle of the White Mountain. The coalition invaded the Palatinate and Frederick took refuge in Holland, where he lived in obscurity. He died at Mainz in 1632. He was seen as a hero of the Protestant cause by the people of Scotland and this portrait was presented to the University of Edinburgh by Provost Prince's Lady in 1689 along with several portraits of the Protestant reformers. | Subjects: | portrait (Frederick V) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Miereveld, Michiel Jansz. van (Dutch painter, 1567-1641) Æ Attributed to after | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8381... | Go to resource |
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