Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Ferdinand I
Portrait by Hans Bocksberger der Ältere
Holy Roman Emperor
Reign	27th August 1556-25th July 1564
Coronation	14 March 1558, Frankfurt
Predecessor	Charles V
Successor	Maximilian II
King of the Hungary and Croatia
Reign	29th August 1526-25th July 1564
Predecessor	Louis II
Successor	Ferdinand II
King of Bohemia
Reign	29th August 1526-25th July 1564
Coronation	24th February 1527
Predecessor	Louis
Successor	Charles II
Archduke of Austria
Reign	21st April 1521-25th July 1564
Predecessor	Charles I
Successor	Maximilian II
Born	10 March 1503 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Died	25 July 1564(1564-07-25) (aged 61) Vienna, Austria
Burial	St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, Czechia
Spouse	Anne of Bohemia and Hungary ​ ​ (m. 1521; died 1547)​
Issue	Elizabeth, Grand duchess of Lithuania Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor Anna, Duchess of Bavaria Ferdinand II, King of Hungary and Croatia Maria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg Archduchess Magdalena of Austria Catherine, Queen of Poland Eleanor, Duchess of Mantua Archduchess Margaret of Austria Archduke John of Austria Barbara, Duchess of Ferrara Charles II, King of Bohemia Archduchess Ursula of Austria Archduchess Helena of Austria Joanna, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
House	Habsburg
Father	Philip the Handsome
Mother	Joanna Queen of Spain
Religion	Roman Catholicism
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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.