Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

**Ferdinand I** (10th March 1503 – 25th July 1564) was born in Alcalá de Henares, Spain<nowiki/>as the second son of Philip the Handsome and Joanna of Spain after his father died in 1506, his grandfarther Ferdinand II of Aragon raised him. He was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1526, and Archduke of Austria from 1521 until his death in 1564.

In the summer of 1518 Ferdinand was sent to Flanders following his brother Charles arrival in Burgos for his coronation. Ferdinand returned in command of his brother's fleet but en route was blown off-course and spent 4 days in Kinsale, Ireland before reaching his destination.

On 24th October 1526 the Bohemian Diet elected Ferdinand king of Bohemia under conditions of confirming traditional privileges of the estates and also moving the Habsburg court to Prague.

## Infobox (royalty)

- **name**: Ferdinand I
- **house**: Habsburg
- **predecessor4**: Charles I
- **successor4**: Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian II
- **issue**: * Elizabeth of Austria (1526–1545), Elizabeth, Grand duchess of Lithuania
* Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
* Archduchess Anna of Austria, Anna, Duchess of Bavaria
* Ferdinand II, King of Hungary and Croatia
* Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Maria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
* Archduchess Magdalena of Austria
* Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, Catherine, Queen of Poland
* Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Eleanor, Duchess of Mantua
* Archduchess Margaret of Austria (1536–1567), Archduchess Margaret of Austria
* Archduke John of Austria
* Archduchess Barbara of Austria, Barbara, Duchess of Ferrara
* Charles II, King of Bohemia
* Archduchess Ursula of Austria
* Archduchess Helena of Austria (1543–1574), Archduchess Helena of Austria
* Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Joanna, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
- **father**: Philip the Handsome
- **succession4**: Archduke of Austria
- **mother**: Joanna of Castile, Joanna Queen of Spain
- **birth date**: 10 March 1503
- **birth place**: Alcalá de Henares, Spain
- **death place**: Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Austria
- **religion**: Roman Catholicism
- **reign4**: 21st April 1521-25th July 1564
- **successor3**: Charles II Habsburg, Charles II
- **image**: File:Workshop of Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen - Portrait of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor at bust-length.jpg
- **successor**: Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian II
- **caption**: Portrait by Hans Bocksberger der Ältere
- **succession**: Holy Roman Emperor
- **reign**: 27th August 1556-25th July 1564
- **coronation**: 14 March 1558, Frankfurt
- **predecessor**: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V
- **succession2**: King of the Hungary and Croatia
- **predecessor3**: Louis II of Hungary, Louis
- **reign2**: 29th August 1526-25th July 1564
- **predecessor2**: Louis II of Hungary, Louis II
- **successor2**: Ferdinand II
- **succession3**: King of Bohemia
- **coronation3**: 24th February 1527
- **reign3**: 29th August 1526-25th July 1564
- **signature**: Fernando I of Holy Roman Empire signature.svg
- **burial place**: St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, Czechia
- **coronation 2**: 3rd November 1526
- **contester**: Transylvania, Hungary
John Zápolya 1526-1540
John II Sigismund 1540-1564