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Frederick II | |
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![]() Portrait by Hans Besser, 1545. | |
Elector Palatine | |
Reign | 16 March 1544 – 26 February 1556 |
Predecessor | Louis V |
Successor | Otto Henry |
Born | 9 December 1482 Winzingen Castle near Neustadt an der Weinstraße |
Died | 26 February 1556 Alzey | (aged 73)
Spouse | |
House | Wittelsbach |
Father | Philip, Elector Palatine |
Mother | Margarete of Bavaria-Landshut |
Religion | Lutheran (from 1540s) Catholic (until 1540s) |
Frederick II, Count Palatine of the Rhine (9 December 1482 – 26 February 1556), also Frederick the Wise, a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was Prince-elector of the Palatinate from 1544 to 1556, and pretender to the Norwegian Throne from 1535 to 1556.
The Kurfürst-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Heidelberg is named after him.