Ferdinand III was Archduke of Austria, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1625, King of Bohemia from 1627 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1637 to his death.
Portrait by Jan van den Hoecke, 1643
Christoph Simon von Thun (1582–1635), teacher of young Ferdinand III
Portrait of Ferdinand's wife Maria Anna of Austria, by Diego Velázquez
Portrait of Ferdinand III
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
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
…Ferdinand was the first Habsburg monarch to be recognised as a musical composer. Ferdinand was born in Graz as the third son of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor of Habsburg and his first wife, Maria Anna of Bavaria, and was baptised as Ferdinand Ernst. He grew up in Carinthia with loving care from his parents…
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