Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564. Central European monarch from the House of Habsburg. His titles

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Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564. Central European monarch from the House of Habsburg. His titles from birth were Archduke of Austria, from his father, and Infante of Castile, León, Aragon and Navarre from his mother. He ruled the Austrian Hapsburg possessions as Archduke of Austria most of his public life, at the behest of his elder brother, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. Ferdinand was Archduke of Austria from 1521-1564. After the death of his brother-in-law Louis II, Ferdinand ruled as King of Bohemia and Hungary (1526–1564). When Charles voluntarily retired in 1556, Ferdinand became his successor as Holy Roman Emperor (de facto in 1556, de jure in 1558). engraving by Barthel Beham (1502-1540)

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