ABSTRACT
A genuine desire to defend the political and religious freedoms of the Imperial and Bohemian constitutions from Habsburg encroachment would guide Frederick's actions in the two elections of 1619. Another way to aid the Bohemian rebels would have been to prolong the interregnum, delay the Imperial election, and, thereby, temporarily prevent the accession of another Habsburg Emperor. The Palatine delegation was to try to persuade the Electors of Trier, Cologne, Saxony, and Brandenburg that the greatest threat to the electoral college would be if a single princely house established a right of inheritance over the Imperial throne. On 23 or 24 August Frederick received news in Amberg that the Bohemian directors had officially revoked Ferdinand's permission to rule and had declared their intention to elect a new king. On the day after the Imperial election Frederick received word that he had been unanimously elected King of Bohemia, which was not exactly the case.
