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Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor

1608 - 1657

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Ferdinand III (Ferdinand Ernest; 13 July 1608 – 2 April 1657) was Archduke of Austria, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1625, King of Bohemia from 1627 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1637 to his death. Ferdinand ascended the throne at the beginning of the last decade of the Thirty Years' War and introduced lenient policies to depart from the old ideas of divine right held by his father, as he wished to end the war quickly. After military defeats and against a background of declining power, Ferdinand was compelled to abandon the political stances of his Habsburg predecessors in many respects to open the long road towards the much-delayed Peace of Westphalia. Although his authority as emperor was weakened after the war, his position in Bohemia, Hungary and Austria was stronger than that of his predecessors before 1618. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor is the 635th most popular politician (down from 476th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Austria (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Austrian Politician.

Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor is most famous for being the Holy Roman Emperor from 1637-1657.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 635 out of 19,576. Before him are Albert II of Belgium, Ahmad Shah Durrani, Richard II of England, Malik-Shah I, Licinius, and Emperor Taizong of Tang. After him are Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, Herbert Hoover, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Louis X of France, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, and Ivar the Boneless.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1608, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 3. Before him are Evangelista Torricelli, and John Milton. After him are Gaston, Duke of Orléans, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Tukaram, Ivan Vyhovsky, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, António Vieira, Eudoxia Streshneva, and Pieter Post. Among people deceased in 1657, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 3. Before him are William Harvey, and Bohdan Khmelnytsky. After him are Frans Snyders, William Bradford, Clara Peeters, Balthasar van der Ast, Jacob van Campen, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Menasseh Ben Israel, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, and Kâtip Çelebi.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 56 out of 1,424. Before him are Anton Webern (1883), Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833), Otto von Habsburg (1912), Pope Gregory V (972), Wolfgang Pauli (1900), and Alois Hitler (1837). After him are Maria Carolina of Austria (1752), Archduchess Sophie of Austria (1855), Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1678), Ludwig Boltzmann (1844), Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802), and Otto Skorzeny (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 21. Before him are Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640), Archduchess Gisela of Austria (1856), Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1557), Otto of Greece (1815), Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1415), and Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833). After him are Maria Carolina of Austria (1752), Archduchess Sophie of Austria (1855), Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1678), Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802), Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854), and Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903).

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