roman emperor ferdinand ii

Ferdinand II (1578-1637) was Holy Roman emperor from 1619 to 1637.

Born in Graz in Styria on July 9, 1578, Ferdinand of Hapsburg was the son of Archduke Charles of inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria. In 1602, he expelled Protestant preachers from Styria and destroyed most of their churches.Ferdinand II stayed away from the conflict between his cousins, Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II and his brother Matthias.He, however, managed to get the approval of the Spanish Habsburg rulers to succeed Matthias, who was childless. In 1600 he married Maria Anna of Bavaria, who bore him four children. She was the daughter of Albert (or Albrecht) V, the duke of Bavaria, and Charles II's sister Anna.Ferdinand II was mostly educated by his mother. She was a daughter of Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, and Claudia de’ Medici. Ferdinand did not endeavour to continue the war. In addition, with the help of Spain and the league of Catholic princes of In the prime of his life Ferdinand was described as a blue-eyed, somewhat corpulent, middle-sized man who wore Spanish court dress.

Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. Former Director, Upper Austrian Provincial Archives, Linz. As the numerous battles had not resulted in sufficient military containment of the Protestant enemies and confronted with decaying imperial power Ferdinand was compelled to abandon the political stances of his Habsburg predecessors in many respects in order to open the long road towards the much delayed peace treaty.

Born in Graz in Styria on July 9, 1578, Ferdinand of Hapsburg was the son of Archduke Charles of inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria.

(The constitution was formally discontinued on March 13, 1849.)

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However, Christina died in 1836 (having given birth to the last of the Bourbon line, Francis II), and with his marriage to the Austrian archduchess Theresa, Ferdinand instituted a new policy of repression at home and of friendship with the Hapsburgs.Ferdinand put down insurrections in Sicily and Calabria in 1844; but with the revolutionary movement of 1848 the former province declared its independence.

…ruler of Inner Austria, Archduke Ferdinand, began a campaign of forcible re-Catholicization among his subjects, which proved entirely successful. Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637), a member of the House of Habsburg, was Holy Roman Emperor (1619–1637), King of Bohemia (1617–1619, 1620–1637), and King of Hungary (1618–1625). Ferdinand III (July 13, 1608 - April 2, 1657), was born in Graz, the eldest son of Emperor Ferdinand II of Habsburg and his first wife, Maria Anna of Bavaria, the fourth child and second (but eldest surviving) daughter of Wilhelm V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine. Some of Ferdinand II's allies started expressing their concerns about the rising powers of Wallenstein and the cruel and unethical methods he employed to fund his forces.In 1630, Ferdinand II ousted Wallenstein and handed over the leadership of the war to the Count of Tilly.

In 1629, he introduced the ‘Edict of Restitution,’ forcing Protestants to return all church property acquired since the 1552 ‘Peace of Passau.’ Though the Protestants gathered the support of the king of Sweden, Gustavus II Adolphus, the Catholics won the Battle of Nördlingen.

He initially attended the Jesuits' school in Graz and matriculated at the tender age of 8.

The population was completely exhausted and massively diminished, countless people were impoverished, disabled, sick, homeless, many had lost their families and had abandoned all moral standards.

Sicily was reconquered, and Ferdinand contributed troops to the crushing of the last Roman Republic. Following this, Wallenstein was recalled.

Ausztria császára, Magyarország királya (1618-1637) , Csehország (1617-1637) királya, német-római császár (1619-1637), Neveltetését nagyban meghatározta a katolikus hagyományok átvétele és a szigorú udvari protokoll kellő elsajátítása. He was Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights from 1662 to his death.On April 27, 1651, Ferdinand III married Eleonora Gonzaga. She was the daughter of William V, the duke of Bavaria.The couple had seven children: Archduchess Christine (born in 1601), Archduke Charles (born in 1603), Archduke John-Charles (born in 1605), Ferdinand III (born in 1608), Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (born in 1610), Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria (born in 1611), and Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (born in 1614).Maria Anna died in 1616, just 3 years before Ferdinand II’s coronation. When Ferdinand ascended the throne of the Southern Kingdom in 1830, it was hoped that he might head up an attack on reaction from within Italy and the domination of Austria from without Italy. His rule coincided with the Thirty Years' War. On December 8, 1625 he was crowned King of Hungary, on November 27, 1627 King of Bohemia. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.Ferdinand was born in Graz, the eldest son of the archduke Charles, the ruler of Inner Austria (Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola), and Maria, a daughter of Albrecht V, duke of Bavaria.

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