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Death of Ferdinand II

Czech Republic · Warfare / Thirty Years War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

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Ferdinand II1619

Warfare / Thirty Years War

The Hussite Bohemians prefer the Protestant Frederick V, elector of the Palatinate, successor of Frederick IV, creator of the League of Evangelical Union. Death of Mathias, Matthias Holy Roman Emperor and the King of Bohemia, dies without descendants his lands go to his nearest male relative, his cousin Ferdinand of Styria

Names involved

Ferdinand II

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