Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Monarch
1503 – 1564
Who was Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor?
Ferdinand I was Holy Roman Emperor from 1558, king of Bohemia and Hungary from 1526, and king of Croatia from 1527 until his death. Before his accession, he ruled the Austrian hereditary lands of the Habsburgs in the name of his elder brother, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
The key events during his reign were the contest with the Ottoman Empire, whose great advance into Central Europe began in the 1520s, and the Protestant Reformation, which resulted in several wars of religion.
Ferdinand's motto was Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus: "Let justice be done, though the world perish".
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- Born
- Mar 10, 1503
Alcalá de Henares - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
- Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria
- Archduchess Barbara of Austria
- Archduchess Anna of Austria
- Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland
- Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Elizabeth of Austria
- Charles II, Archduke of Austria
- Archduchess Eleanor of Austria
- Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Roman Catholic Church
- Nationality
- Holy Roman Empire
- Profession
- Lived in
- Madrid
- Died
- Jul 25, 1564
Vienna - Resting place
- Prague
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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