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Matthias (24 February 1557 – 20 March 1619) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1612 to 1619, Archduke of Austria from 1608 to 1619, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1608 to 1618 and King of Bohemia from 1611 to 1617. His personal motto was Concordia lumine maior ("Unity is stronger in the light").
- 13 June 1612 – 20 March 1619
- Maria of Austria
Mar 26, 2024 · emperor (1612-1619), Holy Roman Empire. House / Dynasty: House of Habsburg. Role In: Counter-Reformation. Matthias (born Feb. 24, 1557, Vienna—died March 20, 1619, Vienna) was the Holy Roman emperor from 1612, who, in a reversal of the policy of his father, Maximilian II, sponsored a Catholic revival in the Habsburg domains that, despite his ...
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Apr 2, 2024 · Matthias I (born Feb. 24, 1443, Kolozsvár, Transylvania [now Cluj, Romania]—died April 6, 1490, Vienna) was the king of Hungary (1458–90), who attempted to reconstruct the Hungarian state after decades of feudal anarchy, chiefly by means of financial, military, judiciary, and administrative reforms. His nickname, Corvinus, derived from the ...
Holy Roman Emperor Matthias - 1612-1619. Matthias (24 February 1557 – 20 March 1619) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1612, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1608 (as Matthias II) and King of Bohemia from 1611. He was a member of the House of Habsburg.
Matthias (24 February 1557 – 20 March 1619) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1612 to 1619, Archduke of Austria from 1608 to 1619, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1608 to 1618 and King of Bohemia from 1611 to 1617. His personal motto was Concordia lumine maior ("Unity is stronger in the light").
May 17, 2018 · MATTHIAS (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1557 – 1619; ruled 1612 – 1619). The younger son of Maximilian II, Matthias served as governor-general of the Spanish Netherlands, 1578 – 1581, governor of Upper and Lower Austria (1593), king of Hungary (1608), and king of Bohemia (1611). He married Anna of Tyrol (1585 – 1618) in 1611.
Matthias was a passive ruler who left politics entirely in the hands of his advisor, Klesl. The latter attempted to play off his adversaries against one another by entering into temporary and changing alliances with the religious parties on both sides of the dispute.
