Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria
Noble person
1628 – 1662
Who was Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria?
Ferdinand Charles was the Archduke of Further Austria, including the Tyrol, from 1646 to 1662.
As the son of Archduke Leopold V and Claudia de' Medici, he succeeded his father upon the latter's death in 1632, under his mother's regency. He took over his mother's governatorial duties when he came of age in 1646. To finance his extravagant living style, he sold goods and entitlements. For example, he wasted the exorbitant sum which France had to pay to the Tyrolean Habsburgs for the cession of their fiefs west of the Rhine. He also fixed the border to Graubünden in 1652.
Ferdinand Charles was an absolutist ruler, did not call any diet after 1648 and had his chancellor Wilhelm Biener executed illegally in 1651 after a secret trial. On the other hand, he was a lover of music: Italian opera was performed in his court.
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- Born
- May 17, 1628
- Parents
- Spouses
- Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria
(1646/06/10 - 1662/12/30)
- Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Austria
- Died
- Dec 30, 1662
Kaltern an der Weinstraße
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on July 23, 2013
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