Ferdinand II of Austria
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578–1637) was Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. His first wife, Maria Anna of Bavaria, died in 1616. Their surviving children were Ferdinand III, Maria Anna of Austria, Cecilia Renata of Austria, and Leopold Wilhelm of Austria. He married his second wife Eleonore Gonzaga in 1622.
- In the 1632 series: Died in 1634 a broken man, after Wallenstein deposed him in Bohemia. The arrival of Grantville changed the futures of all four of his grown children.
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Famous quotes containing the words ferdinand and/or austria:
“I fairly confess that, acting as nature and simplicity dictated, no sooner did I see the once loved bosom of my Ferdinand free from those deformed demons which had crept in and filled up the vacant space, than beholding my natural home once more the seat of innocence and truth, my heart joyfully danced into its delightful abode.”
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)
“All the terrors of the French Republic, which held Austria in awe, were unable to command her diplomacy. But Napoleon sent to Vienna M. de Narbonne, one of the old noblesse, with the morals, manners, and name of that interest, saying, that it was indispensable to send to the old aristocracy of Europe men of the same connection, which, in fact, constitutes a sort of free- masonry. M. de Narbonne, in less than a fortnight, penetrated all the secrets of the imperial cabinet.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)