Ferdinand IV King of the Romans
- Category : Notable-Famous-Royal-family
- Type : MGP
- Profile : 5/1 - Heretical / Investigator
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : LAX Dominion 2
Biography
King of the Romans from 1653; the eldest son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, and his first wife, María Ana of Spain. He was made King of Bohemia in 1646 and King of Hungary in 1647, the latter coronation taking place on June 16 in Pressburg. He was elected King of the Romans (heir to the Holy Roman Empire), on 31 May 1653, and crowned at Ratisbon (Regensburg) on 18 June of the same year. He died on 9 July 1654 of smallpox in Vienna, predeceasing his father and leaving his younger brother, Leopold, as heir apparent.