Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria
Ferdinand II | |
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Archduke of Further Austria | |
Reign | 25 July 1564 – 24 January 1595 |
Predecessor | Ferdinand I |
Successor | Matthias |
Born | Linz, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire | 14 June 1529
Died | 24 January 1595 Innsbruck, County of Tyrol, Holy Roman Empire | (aged 65)
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Anna of Hungary |
Ferdinand II, Archduke of Further Austria (
Biography
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria was the second son of
In 1557, he was secretly married to Philippine Welser, daughter of a patrician from Augsburg, with whom he had several children. The marriage was only accepted by Emperor Ferdinand I in 1559 under the condition of secrecy. The children were to receive the name "of Austria" but would only be entitled to inherit if the House of Habsburg became totally extinct in the male line, and thus the marriage had many qualities of a morganatic marriage. The sons born of this marriage received the title Margrave of Burgau, an ancient Habsburg possession in Further Austria. The younger of the sons, who survived their father, later received the princely title of Fürst zu Burgau.[2]
After his father's death in 1564, Ferdinand became the ruler of Tyrol and other Further Austrian possessions under his father's will. However, he remained governor of Bohemia in Prague until 1567 according to the wishes of his brother Maximilian II.[citation needed]
In his own lands, Ferdinand made sure that the Catholic
After the death of his wife Philippine in 1580, he married his niece,
Archduke Ferdinand died on 24 January 1595. Since his sons from the first marriage were not entitled to the inheritance, and the second produced only surviving daughters, Tyrol was reunified with the other Habsburg lands. His daughter from the Mantuan marriage to Anna Caterina (later Anna Juliana) became Empress
Children
He and his first wife Philippine Welser were parents of four children:
- Bishop of Brixen in 1591. He had two illegitimate children.[citation needed]
- Maria, Archduchess of Austria, daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. They had no legitimate children. He and his mistress Chiara Elisa di Ferrero had three illegitimate children.[citation needed]
- Philip of Austria (7 August 1562 – 9 January 1563), twin of Maria.[citation needed]
- Maria of Austria (7 August 1562 – 25 January 1563), twin of Philip.[citation needed]
On 14 May 1582, Ferdinand married his niece
- Archduchess Anna Eleonore of Austria (26 June 1583 – 15 January 1584).
- Archduchess Maria of Austria (16 June 1584 – 2 March 1649), a nun.
- Archduchess Anna of Austria (4 October 1585 – 14 December/15 December 1618); married her first cousin Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor.
He had at least two illegitimate children:
With Anna von Obrizon:[5]
- Veronika von Villanders (1551–1589). Married Giovan Francesco di Gonzaga-Novellara, Lord of Campitello.
With Johanna Lydl von Mayenburg:[6]
- Hans Christoph von Hertenberg (c. 1592 – 2 September 1613). Married Ursula Gienger.
Ancestors
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Male-line family tree
Notes
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- ^ Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1861). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 112 – via Wikisource. .
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- ^ Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1860). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 6. p. 167 – via Wikisource. .
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