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Article: Matthias (Holy Roman Empire) (1557–1619; Ruled 1612–1619)
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MATTHIAS (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1557
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1619; ruled 1612
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1619)
MATTHIAS (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE)
(1557
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1619; ruled 1612
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1619). The younger son of Maximilian II, Matthias served as governor-general of the Spanish Netherlands, 1578
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1581, governor of Upper and Lower Austria (1593), king of Hungary (1608), and king of Bohemia (1611). He married Anna of Tyrol (1585
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1618) in 1611.
In 1872, a play by the Austrian playwright Franz Grillparzer,
Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg,
premiered in Vienna. This play immortalized the conflict between the Holy Roman emperor Rudolf II and his younger brother, Matthias, and in some ways marks the high point of the received ...