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Ferdinand II

noun
1.
Holy Roman Emperor and king of Bohemia and Hungary who waged war against Protestant forces (1578-1637).





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... such a scheme impossible of realisation. With France and Spain he preserved friendly relations, tried to put an end to the rivalries that weakened the House of Habsburg and the Catholic cause in the Empire, and despatched supplies of both men and money to the assistance of Ferdinand II. in his struggle with the Protestants. He wrote to James I. of England (1606) congratulating him on his accession and his escape from death and asking for toleration of the Catholic religion, in return for which he promised to induce the Catholics to submit to all things ...
— History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French • Rev. James MacCaffrey


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