Ferdinand II.
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born July 9, 1578, Graz, Styria [now in Austria]
died Feb. 15, 1637, Vienna
Holy Roman emperor (1619–37), archduke of Austria, king of Bohemia (1617–19, 1620–27), and king of Hungary (1618–25). He was the leading champion of the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation and of absolutist rule during the Thirty Years' War.
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