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Ferdinand Charles
Portrait by Frans Luycx, c. 1648
Archduke of Further Austria
Reign13 September 1632 – 30 December 1662
PredecessorLeopold V
SuccessorSigismund Francis
RegentClaudia de' Medici (1632-1646)
Born(1628-05-17)May 17, 1628
Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
DiedDecember 30, 1662(1662-12-30) (aged 34)
Kaltern, County of Tyrol, Holy Roman Empire
Spouse Anna de' Medici ​(m. 1646)
IssueClaudia Felicitas, Holy Roman Empress
HouseHabsburg
FatherLeopold V, Archduke of Austria
MotherClaudia de' Medici
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Ferdinand Charles (17 May 1628 – 30 December 1662) was the Archduke of Further Austria, including Tyrol, from 1646 to 1662.

As the son of Archduke Leopold V and Claudia de' Medici, he succeeded his father upon the latter's death in 1632, under his mother's regency. He took over his mother's governatorial duties when he came of age in 1646. To finance his extravagant living style, he sold goods and entitlements. For example, he wasted the exorbitant sum which France had to pay to the Tyrolean Habsburgs for the cession of their fiefs west of the Rhine (Alsace, Sundgau and Breisach). He also fixed the border to Graubünden in 1652.

Ferdinand Charles was an absolutist ruler, did not call any diet after 1648 and had his chancellor Wilhelm Biener executed illegally in 1651 after a secret trial. On the other hand, he was a lover of music: Italian opera was performed in his court.

Marriage, children and death

Ferdinand Charles married Anna de' Medici. She was a daughter of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Maria Magdalena of Austria († 1631). They had three children:

He died in Kaltern.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria
8. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (= 22)
4. Charles II, Archduke of Austria
9. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (= 23)
2. Leopold V, Archduke of Austria
10. Albert V, Duke of Bavaria
5. Maria Anna of Bavaria
11. Anna of Austria
1. Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria
12. Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
6. Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
13. Eleanor de Toledo
3. Claudia de' Medici
14. Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
7. Christina of Lorraine
15. Claude of Valois

Male-line family tree

House of Habsburg
  Original line
Albert
Count of Habsburg

c. 1188–1239
Rudolf I
of Germany

c. 1218–1291
Albert I
of Germany

1255–1308
Hartmann
1263–1281
Rudolf II
Duke of Austria

1270–1290
Rudolf I
of Bohemia

1281–1307
Frederick
the Fair

c. 1289–1330
Leopold I
Duke of Austria

1290–1326
Albert II
Duke of Austria

1298–1358
Henry
the Friendly

1299–1327
Otto
Duke of Austria

1301–1339
John
Parricida

c. 1290–1312/1313
  Albertinian line  Leopoldian line
Rudolf IV
Duke of Austria

1339–1365
Frederick III
1347–1362
Albert III
Duke of Austria

1349–1395
Leopold III
Duke of Austria

1351–1386
Frederick II
Duke of Austria
1327–1344
Leopold II
Duke of Austria

1328–1344
Albert IV
Duke of Austria

1377–1404
William
Duke of Austria

c. 1370–1406
Leopold IV
Duke of Austria

1371–1411
Ernest
Duke of Austria

1377–1424
Frederick IV
Duke of Austria

1382–1439
Albert II
of Germany

1397–1439
Frederick III
HRE

1415–1493
Albert VI
Archduke of Austria

1418–1463
Sigismund
Archduke of Austria

1427–1496
Ladislaus
the Posthumous

1440–1457
Maximilian I
HRE

1459–1519
Philip I
of Castile

1478–1506
  Spanish / Iberian line  Austrian / HRE line
Charles V
HRE

1500–1558
Ferdinand I
HRE

1503–1564
Philip II
of Spain

1527–1598
Maximilian II
HRE

1527–1576
Ferdinand II
Archduke of Austria

1529–1595
Charles II
Archduke of Austria

1540–1590
Carlos
Prince of Asturias

1545–1568
Philip III
of Spain

1578–1621
Rudolf II
HRE

1552–1612
Ernest
of Austria

1553–1595
Matthias
HRE

1557–1619
Maximilian III
Archduke of Austria

1558–1618
Albert VII
Archduke of Austria

1559–1621
Wenceslaus
Archduke of Austria

1561–1578
Andrew
Margrave of Burgau

1558–1600
Charles
Margrave of Burgau

1560–1618
Ferdinand II
HRE

1578–1637
Maximilian Ernest
of Austria

1583–1616
Leopold V
Archduke of Austria

1586–1632
Charles
of Austria

1590–1624
Philip IV
of Spain

1605–1665
Charles
of Austria

1607–1632
Ferdinand
of Austria

1609–1641
John-Charles
of Austria
1605–1619
Ferdinand III
HRE

1608–1657
Leopold Wilhelm
of Austria

1614–1662
Ferdinand Charles
Archduke of Austria

1628–1662
Sigismund Francis
Archduke of Austria

1630–1665
Balthasar Charles
Prince of Asturias

1629–1646
Charles II
of Spain

1661–1700
Ferdinand IV
King of the Romans

1633–1654
Leopold I
HRE

1640–1705
Charles Joseph
of Austria

1649–1664
Joseph I
HRE

1678–1711
Charles VI
HRE

1685–1740
Notes:
  1. "Habsburg family tree". Habsburg family website. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

References

  1. Tyler, James (2011). A guide to playing the baroque guitar. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-00501-4. OCLC 710841731.
  2. ^ Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Leopold V." . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 6. p. 416 – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Claudia von Florenz" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 6. p. 159 – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Karl II. von Steiermark" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 6. p. 352 – via Wikisource.
  5. ^ Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maria von Bayern" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 20 – via Wikisource.
  6. ^ "The Medici Granducal Archive" (PDF). The Medici Archive Project. pp. 12–13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2005. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Christine of Lorraine (c. 1571–1637)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Gale Research. 2002. Retrieved 28 August 2018.

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Succeeded bySigismund Francis
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