Background
Born in Amberg, his father died in October 1583 and Frederick came under the guardianship of his uncle, John Casimir, an ardent Calvinist.
Born in Amberg, his father died in October 1583 and Frederick came under the guardianship of his uncle, John Casimir, an ardent Calvinist.
The Calvinist mathematician and astronomer Bartholemaeus Pitiscus served as Frederick"s tutor and later became court preacher. In January 1592, Frederick assumed control of the government of the Electorate of the Palatinate upon the death of John Casimir. He soon fell prey to alcoholism, leaving state matters largely to his chief minister Christian of Anhalt.
Frederick IV died in 1610 in Heidelberg.