Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Ferdinand I (10th March 1503 – 25th July 1564) was born in Alcalá de Henares, Spainas 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.Milan Kruhek: Cetin, grad izbornog sabora Kraljevine Hrvatske 1527, Karlovačka Županija, 1997, Karslovac

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. 

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