See Also: Ferdinand VI(encyclopedia)
Ferdinand II(encyclopedia)
Ferdinand III(encyclopedia)
Ferdinand VII(encyclopedia)
Ferdinand(encyclopedia)
Ferdinand I(encyclopedia)
Francis Ferdinand(encyclopedia)
Lassalle, Ferdinand(encyclopedia)
Magellan, Ferdinand(encyclopedia)
Perutz, Max Ferdinand(encyclopedia)

Ferdinand (sh)




born April 19, 1793, Vienna, Austria
died June 29, 1875, Prague, Bohemia

Emperor of Austria (1835-48).

He was the eldest son of Emperor Francis II, who sought to protect the principle of succession and insisted that Ferdinand be the heir, despite Ferdinand's feeblemindedness and epilepsy. Ferdinand was crowned king of Hungary in 1830 and became emperor of Austria in 1835. Government affairs were controlled by a body of counselors, led by the chancellor, Klemens, prince von Metternich. He was the last Habsburg king of Bohemia (1836), and in 1838 he was crowned king of Lombardy and Venetia. In the revolution of 1848 hostility was directed against his counselors, and Ferdinand abdicated in favor of his nephew, Francis Joseph.