Ferdinand I 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. Before his accession as emperor, he ruled the
Portrait by Hans Bocksberger der Ältere, c. 1500s
Ferdinand as a young boy
King Ferdinand I of Hungary (Nádasdy Mausoleum, 1664)
Ottoman siege of Eger Castle in 1552
Philip the Handsome
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Philip the Handsome, also called Philip the Fair, was ruler of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1482, including the counties of Artois, Burgundy and Charolais from 1493, and the first king of Castile fro
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
…iustitia, et pereat mundus: "Let justice be done, though the world perish". Ferdinand was born in 1503 in Alcalá de Henares, Castile, the second son of Philip I of Castile and Joanna of Castile. He shared the same name, birthday (10 March), culture and customs with his maternal grandfather, Ferdinand II of Aragon and…
Portrait by the Master of the Legend of the Magdalen, 1500
Boy's racing armour belonging to Philip, made around 1490 by unknown armourer from Southern Germany
16th century stained glass window in St George's Church (Georgskapelle): Philip the Handsome, Maximilian I, Bianca Maria Sforza, Mary of Burgundy with Archduchess Margaret (left to right)
Philip by the Master of the Legend of the Magdalen