Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand was a Spanish and Portuguese prince, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, Cardinal of the Holy Catholic Church, Archduke of Austria, Archbishop of Toledo, and a general duri
Portrait by Gaspar de Crayer (1584–1669)
Archduke Ferdinand in 1635 depicted by Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens. Collection of John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
"Ferdinand Receives the Keys of the City from the Virgin of Ghent", print after a painting made by Antoon van den Heuvel for the Joyous Entry by the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand into Ghent in 1635
Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria as Actaeon by Diego Velázquez
Philip III of Spain
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Philip III was King of Spain and Portugal during the period known as the Iberian Union, reigning from 1598 until his death in 1621. He was also King of Naples and Sicily, Duke of Milan, and Lord of th
Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria
…bring about the end of Spanish hegemony in Europe. Born at the El Escorial near Madrid, Spain in 1609, he was the son of the King of Spain and Portugal, Philip III and II and Margaret of Austria, sister of Emperor Ferdinand II. His older siblings were King Philip IV and III and the French queen Anne of Austria. From a…
Portrait by Andrés López Polanco, c. 1617
Portrait by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, c. 1603
Philip III of Spain
Portrait of the Duke of Lerma by Rubens