Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
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Ferdinand II (July 9, 1578 – February 15, 1637), of the House of Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor (1619-1637), King of Bohemia (1617-1619, 1620-1637), King of Hungary (1618-1625).[1][2]
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[edit] Life
Ferdinand succeeded his cousin Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor in 1619. The expansion of the ongoing acts of rebellion against Ferdinand's Imperial Governors in Bohemia on May 23rd, 1618 directly triggered the Thirty Years' War, and can be blamed on his religious intolerance toward Protestants.
A devout and very pious Catholic, his recognition as King of Bohemia and suppression of Protestantism precipitated the early events of the Thirty Years War, and he remained one of the staunchest backers of the Anti-Protestant Counter Reformation efforts as one of the heads of the German Catholic League, prolonging the Thirty Years' Wars by insisting the Edict of Restitution be enforced. The duration of his reign was occupied by confessional and military concerns, and some historians blame him for the large civilian loss of life in the Sack of Magdeburg in 1631, as he'd instructed Count Tilly to enforce the edict upon Saxony—his orders causing Tilly to move the Catholic armies east, ultimately to Leipzig, where they suffered their first substantial defeat at First Breitenfeld.
[edit] Ancestors
| Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor | Father: Charles II of Austria |
Father's father: Ferdinand I |
Father's father's father: Philip I of Castile |
| Father's father's mother: Joanna of Castile |
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| Father's mother: Anna of Bohemia and Hungary |
Father's mother's father: Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary |
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| Father's mother's mother: Anne de Foix |
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| Mother: Maria Anna of Bavaria |
Mother's father: Albert V, Duke of Bavaria |
Mother's father's father: William IV, Duke of Bavaria |
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| Mother's father's mother: Marie of Baden-Sponheim |
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| Mother's mother: Anna of Austria |
Mother's mother's father: Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor |
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| Mother's mother's mother: Anna of Bohemia and Hungary |
[edit] Marriages and issue
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In 1600, Ferdinand married Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574-1616), daughter of Duke William V of Bavaria. They had seven children:
- Archduchess Christine (1601-1601)
- Archduke Charles (1603-1603)
- Archduke John-Charles (November 1, 1605 - December 28, 1619)
- Ferdinand III (July 13, 1608-April 2, 1657) married:
- 1631 Infanta Maria Anna of Spain
- 1648 Maria Leopoldine of Austria
- 1651 Eleanor Gonzaga (1630–1686)
- Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (January 13, 1610-September 25, 1665)
- Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria (July 16, 1611-March 24, 1644), who married her cousin Władysław IV Vasa, King of Poland.
- Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614-1662).
In 1622, he married Eleonore of Mantua (Gonzaga) (1598-1655), the daughter of Duke Vincenzo I of Mantua and Eleonora de' Medici, at Innsbruck.
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Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
Born: 9 July 1578 Died: 15 February 1637 |
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| Preceded by Charles II |
Archduke of Inner Austria 1590–1637 |
Succeeded by Ferdinand III |
| Preceded by Matthias |
King of Bohemia 1617–1637 |
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| King of Hungary 1618–1637 |
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| King in Germany (formally King of the Romans) 1618–1637 |
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| Holy Roman Emperor (elect) 1619–1637 |
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| Archduke of Austria 1619–1637 |
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| Archduke of Further Austria 1619–1623 |
Succeeded by Leopold V, Governor since 1619 |
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[edit] Titles
Holy Roman Emperor, Archduke of Inner Austria, King of Germany, Archduke of Austria, Archduke of Styria from 1590–1637, King of Bohemia, King of Croatia, King of Slavonia, King of Croatia, Archduke of Further Austria,
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[edit] See also
- Kings of Germany family tree. He was related to every other king of Germany.
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Categories: Holy Roman Emperors | German kings | Rulers of Austria | Rulers of Styria | Hungarian monarchs | Bohemian monarchs | Roman Catholic monarchs | Anti-Protestantism | Dukes of Carinthia | Pretenders to the Bohemian throne | House of Habsburg | Knights of the Golden Fleece | University of Ingolstadt alumni | 1578 births | 1637 deaths
