Ferdinand II was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637. He was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria, who were devo
Portrait of Ferdinand, c. 1614
Portrait of Ferdinand in his twenties, c. 1598–1605
Graz in the mid-17th century
The meeting of Emperor Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor and his brother, Archduke Matthias near Prague in 1608
Charles II of Austria
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Charles II Francis of Austria was an Archduke of Austria and a ruler of Inner Austria from 1564. He was a member of the House of Habsburg.
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
…1578 – 15 February 1637) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637. He was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria, who were devout Catholics. In 1590, when Ferdinand was 11 years old, they sent him to study at the Jesuits' college in Ingolstadt…
Portrait of Archduke Charles II, by Bartolomé González y Serrano
Gisants of Charles II Francis of Austria and his wife, Maria Anna of Bavaria, on the cenotaph of "Habsburg mausoleum", Seckau Abbey
Seckau Abbey, "Habsburg mausoleum", cenotaph
Armour of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria in the Styrian Armoury in Graz