Ferdinand Charles was the Archduke of Further Austria, including Tyrol, from 1632 to 1662. He was the firstborn son of Archduke Leopold V of Further Austria and Claudia de' Medici. Until 1646, his mot
Portrait from the workshop of Sustermans
Anna de' Medici, his wife, by a follower of Justus Sustermans.
Bust portrait of Ferdinand Charles, after a painting by Anselm van Hulle. Collection Peace Palace Library.
Anna de' Medici was a daughter of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife Maria Maddalena of Austria. A patron of the arts, she married Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Further Austria
Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria
…an extravagant lifestyle, drained the treasury, and held illegal executions. Aged eighteen, Ferdinand Charles married his cousin, the thirty year old Anna de' Medici. They had no sons, and the male line of his father died out soon after Ferdinand Charles' own death, aged thirty-four, of smallpox. His daughter Claudia…
Portrait by Justus Sustermans, c. 1630
Anna de' Medici in widows garb, c. 1666, by Giovanni Maria Morandi.