Ferdinand III of Habsburg

Ferdinand III
Portrait by Jan van den Hoecke (1643)
Holy Roman Emperor
Reign	18 November 1637 – 2 April 1657
Coronation	18 November 1637
Predecessor	Ferdinand II
Successor	Leopold I
Born	13 July 1608 Graz, Styria
Died	2 April 1657(1657-04-02) (aged 48) Vienna, Austria
Burial	Imperial Crypt
Spouse	Maria Anna of Austria ​ ​ (m. 1631; died 1646)​ Maria Leopoldine of Austria ​ ​ (m. 1648; died 1649)​ Eleonora Gonzaga ​ ​ (m. 1651)​
Issue	Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans Mariana, Queen of Spain Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor Archduke Charles Joseph Eleonore, Queen of Poland[1] Maria Anna Josepha, Electoral Princess of the Palatinate
Full name Ferdinand Ernst
House	Habsburg
Father	Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Maria Anna of Bavaria
Religion	Roman Catholicism
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Ferdinand III (baptised as Ferdinand Ernest; 13 July 1608 in Graz – 2 April 1657 in Vienna) was Archduke of Austria from 1621, King of Hungary from 1625, King of Croatia and Bohemia from 1627 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1637 to 1657.

Biography

Early life

Ferdinand was born in Graz and grew up in Carinthia, he is the third son of Emperor Ferdinand II of Habsburg. He received education and training from the Jesuits. After the deaths of his brothers Karl (1603) and Johann Karl (1619), he became the successor of his father.^[2]

References

1. Ferdinand III., der Wiederhersteller der Prager Universität. Eine hist. Skizze. na. 1835. pp. 1–.
2. Vacha, Brigitte, ed. (1992). Die Habsburger. Eine europäische Familiengeschichte. Wien: Styria. p. 221. ISBN 978-3222121074.