Charlotte of the Palatinate (1628–1631)
Charlotte of the Palatinate, was the fourth daughter of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, the "Winter King" of Bohemia, by his consort, the English princess Elizabeth Stuart. Charlotte was born in the Dutch Republic, where her family had sought refuge after the sequestration of their Electorate during the Thirty Years' War. Charlotte's brother Charles Louis was, as part of the Peace of Westphalia, restored to the Palatinate.Biography
Princess Charlotte was born in The Hague, where her parents lived in exile after her father lost the Battle of White Mountain and was driven from the thrones of both Bohemia and the Palatinate.
Her paternal grandparents were Frederick IV and of Louise Juliana of Nassau and maternal grandparents were James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark. She died on 14 January 1631, and her father, a Calvinist, died on 29 November 1632, the year after her.Ancestry
