Archduke Ernest of Austria
Austrian nobleman (1553–1595)
Tomb of Archduke Ernest of Austria
Archduke Ernest of Austria (German : Ernst von Österreich ; 15 June 1553 – 20 February 1595)[ 1] was an Austrian prince, the son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor , and Maria of Spain .
Biography
Born in Vienna , he was educated with his brother Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor , in the court of Spain .[ 1] He was a candidate in the 1573 Polish–Lithuanian royal election for the throne of Poland . He lost his election as the Polish nobility feared that he might attempt to become an autocrat and revoke the privileges that Polish nobles enjoyed.[ 2] From 1576 onwards, he was governor in the Archduchy of Austria , where he promoted the Counter-Reformation . In 1590, he became governor of Inner Austria as regent for his young cousin Ferdinand , and from 1594 to 1595 he served as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands .
He died in Brussels on 20 February 1595 and was eventually succeeded in the Netherlands by his brother Albert . Ernest owned the Months of the Year cycle series of works painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder ; one painting, High Spring (showing April or May) is lost):
Ancestry
Ancestors of Archduke Ernest of Austria
Male-line family tree
References
^ a b c d Wurzbach, Constantin von , ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Ernst" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire ] (in German). Vol. 6. p. 180 – via Wikisource .
^ Roşu, Felicia (2017). Elective monarchy in Transylvania and Poland-Lithuania, 1569-1587 . Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-878937-6 . OCLC 990854634 .
^ a b Press, Volker (1990), "Maximilian II." , Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 16, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 471–475 ; (full text online )
^ a b Wurzbach, Constantin von , ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maria von Spanien" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire ] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 19 – via Wikisource .
^ Wurzbach, Constantin von , ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Philipp I. der Schöne von Oesterreich" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire ] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 112 – via Wikisource .
^ Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). "Joanna" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
^ a b Priebatsch, Felix (1908), "Wladislaw II. ", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 54, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 688–696
^ a b Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor at the Encyclopædia Britannica
^ a b Stephens, Henry Morse (1903). The story of Portugal . G.P. Putnam's Sons. pp. 125, 139, 279. ISBN 9780722224731 . Retrieved 11 July 2018 .
Generations are numbered by male-line descent from the first archdukes. Later generations are included although Austrian titles of nobility were abolished in 1919.
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Habsburg Tuscany Palatines of Hungary
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Descent of Charles I Tuscany Palatines
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S: also an infante of Spain
P: also an infante of Portugal
T: also a prince of Tuscany
M: also a prince of Modena
B: also a prince of Belgium
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