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Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
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Ferdinand III (Ferdinand Ernest; 13 July 1608 – 2 April 1657) was Archduke of Austria, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1625, King of Bohemia from 1627 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1637 to his death.
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Reign | 15 February 1637 – 2 April 1657 | ||||
Proclamation | 18 November 1637 Frankfurt Cathedral | ||||
Predecessor | Ferdinand II | ||||
Successor | Leopold I | ||||
Born | 13 July 1608 Graz, Duchy of Styria, Holy Roman Empire | ||||
Died | 2 April 1657(1657-04-02) (aged 48) Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire | ||||
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House | Habsburg | ||||
Father | Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor | ||||
Mother | Maria Anna of Bavaria | ||||
Religion | Catholic Church | ||||
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Ferdinand ascended the throne at the beginning of the last decade of the Thirty Years' War and introduced lenient policies to depart from the old ideas of divine rights under his father, as he had wished to end the war quickly. After military defeats and against a background of declining power, Ferdinand was compelled to abandon the political stances of his Habsburg predecessors in many respects to open the long road towards the much-delayed peace treaty. Although his authority as emperor was weakened after the war, his position in Bohemia, Hungary and Austria was stronger than that of his predecessors before 1618.[2][3]
Ferdinand was the first Habsburg monarch to be recognised as a musical composer.[4]