Henry Frederick, Hereditary Prince of the Palatinate

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Prince Henry Frederick
Electoral Prince of the Palatinate
Jan Anthonisz. van Ravesteyn (c.1570-1657) - Prince Frederick Henry (1614–1629), Crown Prince Palatine - 108894 - National Trust.jpg
Born1 January 1614
Died7 January 1629(1629-01-07) (aged 15)
IJ, Netherlands
HousePalatinate-Simmern
FatherFrederick V, Elector Palatine
MotherElizabeth of Bohemia

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 VI of Scotland and 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.[1] He was most probably named after his late uncle Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, who, like Henry Frederick, died a teenager.

He wrote a letter to his grandfather King James from The Hague on 11 May 1621.[2]

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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  1. ^ HMC Downshire, vol. 4 (London, 1940), p. 283.
  2. ^ HMC 3rd Report, Rev Hopkinson (London, 1872), p. 265.


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