Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
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Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637), a member of the House of Habsburg, was Holy Roman Emperor (1619–1637), King of Bohemia (1617–1619, 1620–1637), and King of Hungary and Croatia (1618–1637). He was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria, and Maria of Bavaria. His parents were devout Catholics, and in 1590, they sent him to study at the Jesuits' college in Ingolstadt, because they wanted to isolate him from the Lutheran nobles. In July that same year (1590), when Ferdinand was 12 years old, his father died, and he inherited Inner Austria—Styria, Carinthia, Carniola and smaller provinces. His cousin, the childless Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, who was the head of the Habsburg family, appointed regents to administer these lands.
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9 July 1578 Graz, Austria
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| Died |
15 February 1637 (aged 58) Vienna, Austria
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain · Sister · 1584-1611 · Queen of Spain and Portugal from 1599 to 1611
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