Ferdinand IV (8 September 1633 – 9 July 1654) was made and crownedKing of Bohemia in 1646,King of Hungary andCroatia in 1647, andKing of the Romans on 31 May 1653. He also served asDuke of Cieszyn.
| Ferdinand IV | |
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 Portrait byFrans Luycx,c. 1647-68 | |
| King of the Romans | |
| Reign | 31 May 1653 - 9 July 1654 |
| Predecessor | Ferdinand III |
| Successor | Ferdinand III |
| Co-ruler | Ferdinand III |
| King of Hungary andCroatia | |
| Reign | 16 June 1647 - 9 July 1654 |
| Predecessor | Ferdinand III |
| Successor | Ferdinand III |
| Co-ruler | Ferdinand III |
| Born | 8 September 1633 Vienna,Archduchy of Austria,Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 9 July 1654(1654-07-09) (aged 20) Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire |
| House | Habsburg |
| Father | Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor |
| Mother | Maria Anna of Spain |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Early life
editBorn inVienna on 8 September 1633, and baptised asFerdinand Franz, Ferdinand IV was the eldest son ofFerdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor and his first wifeMaria Anna, the daughter ofPhilip III of Spain.[1]
Biography
editFerdinand had been the hope of the Habsburg dynasty during the final stages of the Thirty Years' War. According to his father EmperorFerdinand III's succession plan, he was expected to lead the Habsburg monarchy into a period of stability after thePeace of Westphalia.[2]
At a young age, Ferdinand IV took his father's place asArchduke of Austria.[3] In 1646, Ferdinand IV became King of Bohemia, sharing the role and that ofDuke of Cieszyn with his father Emperor Ferdinand III. He was crowned on 5 August 1646.[4][5] Ferdinand IV also shared the role of King of Hungary and Croatia with his father; his coronation took place on 16 June 1647 inPressburg, present-day Slovakia.[1][4]
After the French attempted to modify the system of the election ofKing of the Romans, Emperor Ferdinand III took advantage of a recent decline in the prestige ofFrance, and was able to install Ferdinand IV as King of the Romans, andde facto heir to the Holy Roman Empire in the1653 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.[6] However, Ferdinand IV unexpectedly died ofsmallpox in Vienna on 9 July 1654.[1] Prior to his death, it was planned that he would marryPhilip IV of Spain's daughterMaria Theresa of Spain, his cousin.[3] Upon the death of Ferdinand III,Leopold was elected asHoly Roman Emperor.[6]
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editReferences
edit- ^abc"Ferdinand IV (King of Bohemia)".Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved14 December 2013.
- ^"Ferdinand IV.: Vergebliche Hoffnungen".Die Welt der Habsburger (in German). Retrieved26 April 2025.
- ^ab"Ferdinand IV: Vain hopes". The World of the Habsburgs. Retrieved1 August 2015.
- ^abBernard Bolingbroke Woodward; William Leist Readwin Cates (1872).Encyclopedia of Chronology: Historical and Biographical. Longmans, Green and Company. p. 512.
- ^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.
- ^abJ. 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.
- ^abEder, Karl (1961)."Ferdinand III.".Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 5. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 85–86. (full text online).
- ^abWurzbach, 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 – viaWikisource.
- ^abEder, Karl (1961)."Ferdinand II.".Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 5. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 83–85. (full text online).
- ^abWurzbach, 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 – viaWikisource.
- ^abWurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1861)."Habsburg, Philipp III." .Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 120 – viaWikisource.
- ^abWurzbach, 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 – viaWikisource.
| Regnal titles | ||
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| Preceded by | King of Germany 1653–1654 withFerdinand III | Succeeded by |
| King of Bohemia 1646–1654 withFerdinand III | ||
| King of Hungary andCroatia 1647–1654 withFerdinand III | ||
| Preceded by | Duke of Cieszyn 1653–1654 withFerdinand III | |