Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans

King of the Romans from 1553 to 1554
Ferdinand IV
Portrait by Frans Luycx, c. 1647-68
King of the Romans
Reign31 May 1653 - 9 July 1654
PredecessorFerdinand III
SuccessorFerdinand III
Co-rulerFerdinand III
King of Hungary and Croatia
Reign16 June 1647 - 9 July 1654
PredecessorFerdinand III
SuccessorFerdinand III
Co-rulerFerdinand III
Born8 September 1633
Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Died9 July 1654(1654-07-09) (aged 20)
Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
HouseHabsburg
FatherFerdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherMaria Anna of Spain
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Ferdinand IV (8 September 1633 – 9 July 1654) was made and crowned King of Bohemia in 1646, King of Hungary and Croatia in 1647, and King of the Romans on 31 May 1653. He also served as Duke of Cieszyn.

Early life

Born in Vienna on 8 September 1633, and baptised as Ferdinand Franz, Ferdinand IV was the eldest son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor and his first wife Maria Anna, the daughter of Philip III of Spain.[1]

Biography

At a young age, Ferdinand IV took his father's role as Archduke of Austria.[2] In 1646, Ferdinand IV became King of Bohemia, sharing the role and that of Duke of Cieszyn with his father Emperor Ferdinand III. He was crowned on 5 August 1646.[3][4] Ferdinand IV also shared the role of King of Hungary and Croatia with his father; his coronation took place on 16 June 1647 in Pressburg, present-day Slovakia.[1][3]

After the French attempted to modify the system of the election of King of the Romans, Emperor Ferdinand III took advantage of a recent decline in the prestige of France, and was able to install Ferdinand IV as King of the Romans, and de facto heir to the Holy Roman Empire in the 1653 imperial election. He was crowned in Ratisbon (Regensburg, present-day south-east Germany) on 18 June 1653 after gaining the position on 31 May 1653.[5] However, Ferdinand IV unexpectedly died of smallpox in Vienna on 9 July 1654.[1] Prior to his death, it was planned that he would marry Philip IV of Spain's daughter Maria Theresa of Spain, his cousin.[2] Upon the death of Ferdinand III, Leopold I was elected as Holy Roman Emperor.[5]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans
16. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor[12]
8. Charles II, Archduke of Inner Austria[8]
17. Anne of Bohemia and Hungary[12]
4. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor[6]
18. Albert V, Duke of Bavaria[13] (= 20, 30)
9. Maria Anna of Bavaria[8] (= 15, ≠ 5)
19. Anna of Austria[13] (= 21, 31)
2. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
20. Albert V, Duke of Bavaria[14] (= 18, 30)
10. William V, Duke of Bavaria[9]
21. Anna of Austria[14] (= 19, 31)
5. Maria Anna of Bavaria[6] (≠ 9, 15)
22. Francis I, Duke of Lorraine[15]
11. Renata of Lorraine[9]
23. Christina of Denmark[15]
1. Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans
24. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor[16]
12. Philip II of Spain[10]
25. Isabella of Portugal[16]
6. Philip III of Spain[7]
26. Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor[17]
13. Anna of Austria[10]
27. Maria of Austria[17]
3. Maria Anna of Austria
28. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (= 16)
14. Charles II, Archduke of Inner Austria[11] (= 8)
29. Anne of Bohemia and Hungary (= 17)
7. Margaret of Austria[7]
30. Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (= 18, 20)
15. Maria Anna of Bavaria[11] (= 9, ≠ 5)
31. Anna of Austria (= 19, 21)

Male-line family tree

  • v
  • t
  • e
House of Habsburg[n 1]
  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
Duke of Austria
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. ^ a b c "Ferdinand IV (King of Bohemia)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Ferdinand IV: Vain hopes". The World of the Habsburgs. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward; William Leist Readwin Cates (1872). Encyclopedia of Chronology: Historical and Biographical. Longmans, Green and Company. p. 512.
  4. ^ The Annals of Europe, Or Regal Register; Shewing the Succession of the Sovereigns, ... Together with the Bishops and Popes of Rome, Etc. F. Newbery. 1779. p. 165.
  5. ^ a b J. P. Cooper (20 December 1979). The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 4, The Decline of Spain and the Thirty Years War, 1609-48/49. CUP Archive. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-521-29713-4.
  6. ^ a b Eder, Karl (1961), "Ferdinand III.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 5, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 85–86; (full text online)
  7. ^ a b Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maria Anna von Spanien" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 23 – via Wikisource.
  8. ^ a b Eder, Karl (1961), "Ferdinand II.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 5, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 83–85; (full text online)
  9. ^ a b Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maria Anna von Bayern" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 23 – via Wikisource.
  10. ^ a b Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Philipp III." . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 120 – via Wikisource.
  11. ^ a b Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Margaretha (Königin von Spanien)" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 13 – via Wikisource.
  12. ^ a b 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.
  13. ^ a b 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.
  14. ^ a b Sigmund Ritter von Riezler (1897), "Wilhelm V. (Herzog von Bayern)", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 42, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 717–723
  15. ^ a b Cartwright, Julia Mary (1913). Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan and Lorraine, 1522-1590. New York: E. P. Dutton. pp. 536–539.
  16. ^ a b Kurth, Godefroid (1911). "Philip II" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  17. ^ a b Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Anna von Oesterreich (Königin von Spanien)" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 6. p. 151 – via Wikisource.
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Germany
1653–1654
with Ferdinand III 		Succeeded by
King of Bohemia
1646–1654
with Ferdinand III
King of Hungary and Croatia
1647–1654
with Ferdinand III
Preceded by Duke of Cieszyn
1653–1654
with Ferdinand III
  • v
  • t
  • e
Generations are numbered by male-line descent from the first archdukes. Later generations are included although Austrian titles of nobility were abolished in 1919.
1st generation
2nd generation
3rd generation
4th generation
5th generation
6th generation
7th generation
8th generation
9th generation
11th generation
12th generation
13th generation
14th generation
15th generation
16th generation
Habsburg
Tuscany
Palatines
of Hungary
17th generation
Descent of
Charles I
Tuscany
Palatines
18th generation
Charles
19th generation
Charles
  • S: also an infante of Spain
  • P: also an infante of Portugal
  • T: also a prince of Tuscany
  • M: also a prince of Modena
  • B: also a prince of Belgium
  • v
  • t
  • e
East Francia during the
Carolingian dynasty (843–911)
East Francia (911–919)
Kingdom of Germany (919–962)
Kingdom of Germany within the
Holy Roman Empire (962–1806)
Confederation of the Rhine (1806–1813)
German Confederation (1815–1848)
German Empire (1848/1849)
German Confederation (1850–1866)
North German Confederation (1867–1871)
German Empire (1871–1918)
  • v
  • t
  • e
House of Árpád
Grand Princes
Kings
Coat of arms of the King of Hungary (14th century)
House of Přemysl
House of Wittelsbach
Capetian House of Anjou
House of Luxembourg
House of Habsburg
House of Jagiellon
House of Hunyadi
House of Jagiellon
House of Zápolya
House of Habsburg
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Debatable or disputed rulers are in italics.
Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata
International
  • FAST
  • ISNI
  • VIAF
    • 2
  • WorldCat
National
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • United States
  • Czech Republic
  • Poland
People
  • Deutsche Biographie
Other
  • RISM
  • IdRef