Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor

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Habsburg monarch Holy Roman Emperor King of Bohemia King of Hungary Roman Catholic human

Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor was a 17th-century Habsburg ruler whose staunch Catholicism and centralizing policies helped ignite and shape the course of the Thirty Years' War in Europe.

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Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II 2
Ferdinand II 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Habsburg monarch ⓘ
Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
King of Bohemia ⓘ
King of Hungary ⓘ
Roman Catholic ⓘ
human ⓘ
birthDate 1578-07-09 ⓘ
birthPlace Graz ⓘ
burialPlace Imperial Crypt, Vienna ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
child Cecilia Renata of Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria ⓘ
Maria Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain ⓘ
countryOfBirth Duchy of Styria ⓘ
surface form: Archduchy of Styria
deathDate 1637-02-15 ⓘ
deathPlace Vienna ⓘ
educatedBy Society of Jesus ⓘ
surface form: Jesuits
education University of Ingolstadt ⓘ
familyName House of Habsburg ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg
father Charles II, Archduke of Inner Austria ⓘ
givenName Ferdinand ⓘ
house House of Habsburg ⓘ
issued Edict of Restitution ⓘ
knownFor Counter-Reformation policies ⓘ
attempts to centralize Habsburg authority ⓘ
leading Catholic side in the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
mother Maria Anna of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Habsburg ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of White Mountain ⓘ
surface form: Battle of White Mountain (1620)

Defenestration of Prague (1618) ⓘ
participatedIn Thirty Years' War ⓘ
predecessorAsHolyRomanEmperor Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
reignAsHolyRomanEmperorEnd 1637 ⓘ
reignAsHolyRomanEmperorStart 1619 ⓘ
reignAsKingOfBohemiaEnd 1637 ⓘ
reignAsKingOfBohemiaStart 1617 ⓘ
reignAsKingOfHungaryEnd 1637 ⓘ
reignAsKingOfHungaryStart 1618 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
spouse Eleonora Gonzaga ⓘ
Maria Anna of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empress NERFINISHED ⓘ
style His Imperial Majesty ⓘ
successorAsHolyRomanEmperor Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
title Archduke of Austria ⓘ
Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
King of Bohemia ⓘ
King of Hungary ⓘ
surface form: King of Hungary and Croatia
yearOfEdictOfRestitution 1629 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cardinal Infante Ferdinand of Austria → ally → Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor → father → Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Ferdinand → notableBearer → Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Thirty Years' War → notableCommander → Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
House of Habsburg → notableMember → Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Frederick V, Elector Palatine → opposedBy → Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II
Holy Roman Emperor → positionHeldBy → Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ferdinand II
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor → predecessor → Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain → sibling → Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Defenestration of Prague (1618) → sovereignAtTime → Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ