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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 . 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
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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 .
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a
b Press, Volker (1990),
"Maximilian II." ,
Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 16, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 471–475 ; (
full text online )
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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 .
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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 .
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Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911).
"Joanna" .
Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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a
b Priebatsch, Felix (1908), "
Wladislaw II. ",
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 54, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 688–696
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a
b
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor at the
Encyclopædia Britannica
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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.
1st generation 2nd generation 3rd generation 4th generation 5th generation 6th generation 7th generation 8th generation 9th generation 11th generation 12th generation 13th generation 14th generation 15th generation 16th generation
Habsburg Tuscany Palatines of Hungary
17th generation
Descent of Charles I Tuscany Palatines
18th generation
19th generation
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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