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Born February 24, 1557 • Vienna • Austria
Died March 20, 1619 (aged 62) • Vienna • Austria
Title / Office emperor (1612-1619), Holy Roman Empire
House / Dynasty House of Habsburg
Role In Counter-Reformation

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Ferdinand II
Holy Roman emperor
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Melchior Klesl
Austrian cardinal
Portrait painting of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, wearing a black and red military coat with medals and a sash, with St. Peter's Basilica visible in the background.
Joseph II
Holy Roman emperor
Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa
Holy Roman empress
Leopold I
Leopold I
Holy Roman emperor
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Frederick III
Holy Roman emperor
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Charles VI
Holy Roman emperor
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Maximilian II
Holy Roman emperor
Rudolf II
Rudolf II
Holy Roman emperor
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Joseph I
Holy Roman emperor
Ferdinand III, detail from a portrait from the studio of Peter Paul Rubens; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Ferdinand III
Holy Roman emperor
Mercy, Franz, Freiherr von
Franz, baron von Mercy
Austrian field marshal
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Maximilian, count von Trauttmansdorff
Austrian statesman and diplomat
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Wenzel Eusebius, Fürst von Lobkowitz
Austrian statesman
Gallas, detail from an engraving
Matthias Gallas, count von Campo
Austrian general
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Anton Fugger
German merchant
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Jakob Fugger II the Rich
German merchant
Painting by Albrecht Durer of Charlemagne in ornate coronation robes and crown, holding a sword and orb, with gold embroidery and regal symbols behind him.
Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
Painting by Jakob Seisenegger showing Emperor Charles V in ornate Renaissance attire standing beside a large hunting dog, with a green curtain in the background.
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor

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