ca 1620 OLD PRINT OF HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR AND KING OF BOHEMIA
FERDINAND II
EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT ON THE OCCASION OF HIS CORONATION IN 1619
Original Rare Print from 1620
Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637), a member of the House of Habsburg , was Holy Roman Emperor (1619–1637), King of Bohemia (1617–1619, 1620–1637), and King of Hungary (1618–1637). He was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria , and Maria of Bavaria . In 1590, his parents, who were devout Catholics, sent him to study at the Jesuits' college in Ingolstadt , because they wanted to isolate him from the Lutheran nobles. In the same year, he inherited Inner Austria —Styria , Carinthia , Carniola and smaller provinces—from his father.
His acts against Protestantism flared up the Thirty Years' War , which started already in 1618 as a result of inadequacies of his precedessors Rudolf II and Matthias . As a zealous Catholic, Ferdinand wanted to restore the Catholic Church as the only religion in the Empire and to wipe out any form of religious dissent.
Title: CORONATUS IN REGEM ROMANORU FRANCFORTI IX SEP A MDCXIX
Condition: Great condition for a rare print - one edge taped to another sheet - smartly done, so can be removed and framed. More information in pencil on the other paper, not on the print.
Date: 1620
Printer: Unknown
Artist(s): -
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches
Reverse: Blank
Source: Unknown German work
Language: German, French, Latin
Originality: Original - Not a Copy
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