Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Ferdinand I
Portrait by Hans Bocksberger der Ältere
Holy Roman Emperor
Reign	27 August 1556 – 25 July 1564
Proclamation	14 March 1558, Frankfurt
Predecessor	Charles V
Successor	Maximilian II
King of the Romans King in Germany
Reign	5 January 1531 – 25 July 1564
Predecessor	Charles V
Successor	Maximilian II
King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia
Reign	1526 – 25 July 1564
Coronation	3 November 1527 (Hungary) 24 February 1526 (Bohemia)
Predecessor	Louis II
Successor	Maximilian II
Archduke of Austria In the name of Emperor Charles V until 1556
Reign	21 April 1521 – 25 July 1564
Predecessor	Charles I
Successor	Maximilian II (Austria proper) Charles II (Inner Austria) Ferdinand II (Further Austria)
Born	10 March 1503 Alcalá de Henares, Castile
Died	25 July 1564(1564-07-25) (aged 61) Vienna, Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Spouse	Anne of Bohemia and Hungary (m 26 May 1521)
Issue	Elisabeth, Queen of Poland Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor Anna, Duchess of Bavaria Ferdinand II, Archduke of Further Austria Maria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg Archduchess Magdalena Catherine, Queen of Poland Eleanor, Duchess of Mantua Archduchess Margaret Barbara, Duchess of Ferrara Charles II, Archduke of Inner Austria Archduchess Helene Joanna, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
House	Habsburgs of Austria
Father	Philip I of Castile
Mother	Joanna of Castile
Burial	Prague, St. Vitus Cathedral, Bohemia
Signature
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Ferdinand I (10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564) 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. Before his accession as emperor, he ruled the Austrian hereditary lands of the House of Habsburg in the name of his elder brother, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.

Issue

1. Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (9 July 1526 – 15 June 1545) married King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland but had no issue.
2. Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (31 July 1527 – 12 October 1576) married Archduchess Maria of Austria, Infanta of Spain and had issue.
3. Archduchess Anna of Austria (7 July 1528 – 16 October 1590) married Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria and had issue.
4. Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (14 June 1529 – 24 January 1595) married Anna Juliana Gonzaga and had issue.
5. Archduchess Maria of Austria (15 May 1531 – 11 December 1581) married William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg and had issue.
6. Archduchess Katharina of Austria (15 September 1533 – 28 February 1572) married King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland but had no issue.
7. Archduchess Eleonore of Austria (2 November 1534 – 5 August 1594) married Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and had issue.
8. Karl II, Archduke of Austria (3 June 1540 – 10 July 1590) married Maria Anna of Bavaria and had issue.
9. Archduchess Helene of Austria (7 January 1543 - 5 March 1574) nun.
10. Archduchess Johanna of Austria (24 January 1547 – 11 April 1578) married Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and had issue.

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