1608 - 1657
Ferdinand III (Ferdinand Ernest; 13 July 1608 in Graz – 2 April 1657 in Vienna) was from 1621 Archduke of Austria, King of Hungary from 1625, King of Croatia and Bohemia from 1627 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1637 until his death in 1657. Ferdinand ascended the throne at the beginning of the last decade of the Thirty Years' War and introduced lenient policies to depart from old ideas of divine rights under his father, as he had wished to end the war quickly. As the numerous battles had not resulted in sufficient military containment of the Protestant enemies and confronted with decaying Imperial power Ferdinand was compelled to abandon the political stances of his Habsburg predecessors in many respects in order to open the long road towards the much delayed peace treaty. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor has received more than 743,859 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor is the 503rd most popular politician (down from 435th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Austria (down from 47th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Austrian Politician.
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor is most famous for being the Holy Roman Emperor from 1637-1657.
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Among politicians, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 503 out of 15,710. Before him are Benjamin Netanyahu, Menkaure, Alfonso XIII of Spain, Abdulmejid II, Murad V, and Feodor I of Russia. After him are Menes, Gideon, António Guterres, Patrice Lumumba, Geronimo, and Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan.
1949 - Present
HPI: 79.43
Rank: 497
2001 BC - 2503 BC
HPI: 79.42
Rank: 498
1886 - 1941
HPI: 79.40
Rank: 499
1868 - 1944
HPI: 79.40
Rank: 500
1840 - 1904
HPI: 79.40
Rank: 501
1557 - 1598
HPI: 79.39
Rank: 502
1608 - 1657
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 503
3200 BC - 3100 BC
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 504
1140 BC - 1080 BC
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 505
1949 - Present
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 506
1925 - 1961
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 507
1829 - 1909
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 508
646 - 705
HPI: 79.33
Rank: 509
Among people born in 1608, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 3. Before him are Evangelista Torricelli and John Milton. After him are Gaston, Duke of Orléans, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Tukaram, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, Ivan Vyhovsky, António Vieira, Eudoxia Streshneva, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, and Pieter Post. Among people deceased in 1657, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 2. Before him is William Harvey. After him are Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Frans Snyders, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Kâtip Çelebi, Laura Mancini, Clara Peeters, Balthasar van der Ast, Jacob van Campen, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, and Andrew Bobola.
1608 - 1647
HPI: 84.15
Rank: 1
1608 - 1674
HPI: 79.75
Rank: 2
1608 - 1657
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 3
1608 - 1660
HPI: 74.30
Rank: 4
1608 - 1679
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 5
1608 - 1650
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 6
1608 - 1657
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 7
1608 - 1664
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 8
1608 - 1697
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 9
1608 - 1645
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 10
1608 - 1670
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 11
1608 - 1669
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 12
1578 - 1657
HPI: 81.59
Rank: 1
1608 - 1657
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 2
1595 - 1657
HPI: 78.40
Rank: 3
1579 - 1657
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 4
1592 - 1657
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 5
1609 - 1657
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 6
1636 - 1657
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 7
1594 - 1657
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 8
1593 - 1657
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 9
1596 - 1657
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 10
1608 - 1657
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 11
1591 - 1657
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 12
Among people born in Austria, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 51 out of 1,075. Before him are Albert II of Germany (1397), Peter Handke (1942), Anna Freud (1895), Maximilian I of Mexico (1832), Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1678), and Klara Hitler (1860). After him are Wolfgang Pauli (1900), Lise Meitner (1878), Otto Skorzeny (1908), Emil Cioran (1911), Ludwig Boltzmann (1844), and Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903).
1397 - 1439
HPI: 79.63
Rank: 45
1942 - Present
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 46
1895 - 1982
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 47
1832 - 1867
HPI: 79.47
Rank: 48
1678 - 1711
HPI: 79.47
Rank: 49
1860 - 1907
HPI: 79.46
Rank: 50
1608 - 1657
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 51
1900 - 1958
HPI: 79.33
Rank: 52
1878 - 1968
HPI: 79.30
Rank: 53
1908 - 1975
HPI: 79.17
Rank: 54
1911 - 1995
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 55
1844 - 1906
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 56
1903 - 1946
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 57
Among politicians born in Austria, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 19. Before him are Theodoric the Great (454), Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1557), Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1415), Albert II of Germany (1397), Maximilian I of Mexico (1832), and Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1678). After him are Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903), Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527), Kurt Waldheim (1918), Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802), Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (1861), and Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833).
454 - 526
HPI: 80.27
Rank: 13
1557 - 1619
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 14
1415 - 1493
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 15
1397 - 1439
HPI: 79.63
Rank: 16
1832 - 1867
HPI: 79.47
Rank: 17
1678 - 1711
HPI: 79.47
Rank: 18
1608 - 1657
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 19
1903 - 1946
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 20
1527 - 1576
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 21
1918 - 2007
HPI: 78.03
Rank: 22
1802 - 1878
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 23
1861 - 1948
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 24
1833 - 1896
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 25