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Article: Ferdinand III (Holy Roman Empire) (1608–1657; Ruled 1637–1657)
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- Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
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FERDINAND III (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1608
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1657; ruled 1637
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1657)
FERDINAND III (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE)
(1608
–
1657; ruled 1637
–
1657),
king of Hungary and Bohemia and Holy Roman emperor. The son of Ferdinand II and Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574
–
1616), daughter of Duke William V of Bavaria, Ferdinand III was probably the least-known emperor of the modern period. He was born on 13 July 1608 in Graz, when his father, who was to be elected emperor in 1619, was still only head of a cadet branch of the Habsburgs. Already during the lifetime of his father, Ferdinand III was elected king of Hungary in 1625 and crowned king of Bohemia in 1627. However, in 1630, ...