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Article: Ferdinand I (Holy Roman Empire) (1503–1564)
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FERDINAND I (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1503
–
1564)
FERDINAND I (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE)
(1503
–
1564), king of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia, 1526; king of the Romans 1531; Holy Roman emperor, 1558. The young Archduke Ferdinand was born on 10 March 1503 in Alcal
á
de Henares, Spain, and grew up under the supervision of his grandfather, King Ferdinand of Arag
ó
n and Castile. After the accession of his older brother Charles to the thrones of these Iberian kingdoms and election as Holy Roman emperor in 1519, Ferdinand was awarded the Habsburg Dynasty's holdings in central Europe via family treaties of 1521
–
1522.
The situation of these holdings when Ferdinand arrived in the ...