Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
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Ferdinand I (Spanish: Fernando I ; 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.[1][2]
Ferdinand I | |
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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 Vienna, Austria | (aged 61)
Burial | |
Spouse | |
House | Habsburg |
Father | Philip I of Castile |
Mother | Joanna of Castile |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Signature |
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor Media
Ferdinand in 1531, the year of his election as King of the Romans
Armor of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, created when he was still King of the Romans in 1549.
Posthumous engraving of Ferdinand by Martin Rota, 1575
The graves of Ferdinand I, Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Maximilian II in the St. Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle
References
- ↑ "Ferdinand I | Holy Roman emperor". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ↑ Milan Kruhek: Cetin, grad izbornog sabora Kraljevine Hrvatske 1527, Karlovačka Županija, 1997, Karslovac