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unusual facts about Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine



Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine

In Kraków on 15 December 1701 he married secondly Princess Teresa Lubomirska, heiress of Ostroh.

Under the leadership of musicians such as Johann Stamitz and Carlo Grua, the orchestra of the Kapelle was lauded by such musicians such as Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt

He came into conflict with his brother Louis, the Elector Palatine, who ruled some territories of the Upper Palatinate around Amberg.

Lady Elizabeth's Men

From 1618 on, the company was called The Queen of Bohemia's Men, after Elizabeth and her husband the Elector Palatine had their brief and disastrous flirtation with the crown of Bohemia.

Nils Dacke

During the ceasefire, Dacke was the de facto ruler of most of southern Sweden and received offers of foreign support from the Elector Palatine Frederick II (who was the son in law of Christian II and claimed the Swedish throne) and Duke Albrecht of Mecklenburg.

Walter Aston, 1st Lord Aston of Forfar

Lord Forfar returned as envoy to Spain in 1636, and although the dispute over the restoration of the Palatinate to the new Elector Palatine (the Winter King having died) remained intractable, Lord Forfar did assistance to twenty-seven lawsuits involving English merchants in Spanish courts.


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