Person:Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (1)

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Ferdinand Charles _____, Archduke of Austria
b.17 May 1628
d.30 Dec 1662
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  1. Ferdinand Charles _____, Archduke of Austria1628 - 1662
  2. Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria1629 - 1685
  3. Sigismund Francis _____, Archduke of Austria1630 - 1665
  4. Maria Leopoldine _____, von Österreich-Tirol1632 - 1649
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  1. Claudia Felizitas von Österreich-Tirol1653 - 1676
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Name Ferdinand Charles _____, Archduke of Austria
Gender Male
Birth[1] 17 May 1628
Marriage to Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria
Death[1] 30 Dec 1662
Reference Number? Q560021?


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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.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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