Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria
Ferdinand Charles was the Archduke of Further Austria, including Tyrol, from 1646 to 1662.
Portrait by Frans Luycx, c. 1648
Anna Medici, his wife by Justus Sustermans.
Bust portrait of Ferdinand Charles, after a painting by Anselm van Hulle. Collection Peace Palace Library.
Further Austria, Outer Austria or Anterior Austria was the collective name for the early possessions of the House of Habsburg in the former Swabian stem duchy of south-western Germany, including territories in the Alsace region west of the Rhine and in Vorarlberg.
Border stone of 1768 with the Austrian coat of arms and "V.O." ("Vorderösterreich"), Salhöhe, Switzerland