Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Ferdinand I (Spanish: Fernando Icode: es is deprecated ; 10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1526, and Archduke of Austria from 1521 to 1564.

Ferdinand I
Portrait by Hans Bocksberger der Ältere
Holy Roman Emperor
27 August 1556 – 25 July 1564
14 March 1558, Frankfurt
Predecessor	Charles V
Successor	Maximilian II
King of the Romans King in Germany
5 January 1531 – 25 July 1564
Predecessor	Charles V
Successor	Maximilian II
King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia
1526 – 25 July 1564
Coronation	3 November 1527 (Hungary) 24 February 1526 (Bohemia)
Predecessor	Louis II
Successor	Maximilian II
Archduke of Austria
21 April 1521 – 25 July 1564
Predecessor	Charles I
Successor	Maximilian II (Austria proper) Charles II (Inner Austria) Ferdinand II (Further Austria)
Born	10 March 1503 Alcalá de Henares, Castile, Spain
Died	25 July 1564(1564-07-25) (aged 61) Vienna, Austria
Burial	Prague, St. Vitus Cathedral, Czech Republic
Spouse	Anne of Bohemia and Hungary (m. 1521; died 1547)
House	Habsburg
Father	Philip I of Castile
Mother	Joanna of Castile
Religion	Roman Catholicism
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  Arms of Ferdinand, Infante of Spain and Archduke of Austria, KG, at the time of his installation as a knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter

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  Ferdinand in 1531, the year of his election as King of the Romans

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  Armor of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, created when he was still King of the Romans in 1549.

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  Coat of arms of Ferdinand I as King of the Romans, 1536, Hofburg palace, Vienna

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  Posthumous engraving of Ferdinand by Martin Rota, 1575

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  Ferdinand. 16th century Czech portrait.

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  Coat of Arms of Ferdinand I of Austria (1503–1564) as King of Hungary and Bohemia

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  The graves of Ferdinand I, Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Maximilian II in the St. Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle