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Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

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Ferdinand I
Holy Roman Emperor
Reign27th August 1556-25th July 1564
Coronation14 March 1558, Frankfurt
PredecessorCharles V
SuccessorMaximilian II
King of the Hungary and Croatia
Reign29th August 1526-25th July 1564
PredecessorLouis II
SuccessorFerdinand II
King of Bohemia
Reign29th August 1526-25th July 1564
Coronation24th February 1527
PredecessorLouis
SuccessorCharles II
Archduke of Austria
Reign21st April 1521-25th July 1564
PredecessorCharles I
SuccessorMaximilian II
Born10 March 1503
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Died25 July 1564(1564-07-25) (aged 61)
Vienna, Austria
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1521; died 1547)
Issue
HouseHabsburg
FatherPhilip the Handsome
MotherJoanna Queen of Spain
ReligionRoman Catholicism
SignatureFerdinand I's signature

Ferdinand I (10th March 1503 – 25th July 1564) was born in Alcalá de Henares, Spainas the second son of Philip the Handsome and Joanna of Spain after his father died in 1506, his grandfarther Ferdinand II of Aragon raised him. He was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1526, and Archduke of Austria from 1521 until his death in 1564.[1][2]

In the summer of 1518 Ferdinand was sent to Flanders following his brother Charles arrival in Burgos for his coronation. Ferdinand returned in command of his brother's fleet but en route was blown off-course and spent 4 days in Kinsale, Ireland before reaching his destination.

On 24th October 1526 the Bohemian Diet elected Ferdinand king of Bohemia under conditions of confirming traditional privileges of the estates and also moving the Habsburg court to Prague.

References

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  1. "Ferdinand I | Holy Roman emperor". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  2. Milan Kruhek: Cetin, grad izbornog sabora Kraljevine Hrvatske 1527, Karlovačka Županija, 1997, Karslovac