The Protestant Bohemians ousted Change_of_leadership the Habsburgs and elected Choosing the Calvinist Frederick V , Elector of the Rhenish Palatinate as the new king of the Kingdom of Bohemia .

Complexities of enfeoffment and dynastic `` appanage '' magnified Expansion a localized feud into one including supporters from the Electorate of the Palatinate and Dutch , Scots and English mercenaries on the Protestant side , and Bavarian and papal mercenaries on the Catholic side .

Hoche sent Sending 12,000 troops under Alexandre Camille Taponier through the Palatinate Forest to attack Attack Wurmser 's right flank at Froeschwiller .

In the Cologne War , supported Supporting by the Dutch Republic and the Electorate of the Palatinate , he was eventually defeated Conquering by his Catholic replacement , Ernest of Bavaria , who was supported Supporting by William V , Duke of Bavaria his brother and Philip II of Spain , whose army , under the command of Alexander Farnese , Duke of Parma , physically recovered Recovering the electoral territory .