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Jan 10, 2024 · Ferdinand II was born on July 9, 1578, in Graz, Styria (present-day Austria), to Charles II, the archduke of Austria, and Maria of Bavaria. His paternal grandfather was Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. Ferdinand II’s father, Charles II, ruled Inner Austria (Styria, Carniola, and Carinthia).
Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637. He was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria, who were devout Catholics. In 1590, when Ferdinand was 11 years old, they sent h
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Deutsch: Ferdinand II. (* 9. Juli 1578 in Graz; † 15. Februar 1637 in Wien) war von 1619 bis 1637 Kaiser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches. English: Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (July 9, 1578 - February 15, 1637), of the house of Habsburg, ruled 1620-1637.
The war began when the newly elected Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand II, tried to impose religious uniformity on his domains, forcing Roman Catholicism on its peoples. The northern Protestant states, angered by the violation of their rights to choose granted in the Peace of Augsburg, banded together to form the Protestant Union.
Aug 11, 2022 · The Catholic faction declared this act illegal as Ferdinand II was the rightful king (as well as Holy Roman Emperor) and hostilities continued until November 1620 when the Catholic Imperial troops under Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (l. 1559-1632), supplied by Maximilian I, defeated the Bohemians under Thurn and Christian of Anhalt (l. 1568 ...
His cousin, the childless Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, who was the head of the Habsburg family, appointed regents to administer these lands. Ferdinand was installed as the actual ruler of the Inner Austrian provinces in 1596 and 1597.
