Editing Elective monarchy (section)

====Bohemia====
Since medieval times, the [[King of Bohemia]] was elected by the [[Estate (land)|Estate]]s of [[Lands of the Bohemian Crown]]. Since 1526, when [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand I]] assumed the Bohemian Crown, it was always held by the [[Habsburg]] branch who later became [[Holy Roman Emperor]] and who expected this situation to go on indefinitely. In 1618 the Bohemians chose to exercise in practice their legal right to choose a King at their discretion, despite having already elected [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand II]] as king, and bestowed the Bohemian Crown on [[Frederick V, Elector Palatine]] – "The Winter King". However, the Habsburgs regarded this as an act of rebellion, re-imposed their rule over Bohemia in the [[Battle of the White Mountain]] and in the aftermath abolished the Bohemian Elective Monarchy and made exclusive Habsburg rule the de jure as well as de facto situation.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mahoney |first1=William |title=The History of the Czech Republic and Slovakia |date=2011 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0313363061 |pages=73–74}}</ref> The attempt to make Frederick V King of Bohemia is regarded as a catalyst for the [[Thirty Years War]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}