Ferdinand of Austria (1571–1578)
Ferdinand of Austria ( Spanish Fernando de Austria * 4. December 1571 in Madrid , † 18 October 1578 in Madrid) was a son of Philip II and contributed as well. Spanish heir to the title Prince of Asturias .
Life
Ferdinand was the second son of the Habsburg King Philip II of Spain (1527–1598) from his fourth marriage to Anna (1549–1580), daughter of the Roman-German Emperor Maximilian II. On the occasion of the birth of the heir to the throne, Philip II issued a general pardon for all prisoners in Spain and India.
The birth of the heir to the throne shortly after the victorious naval battle of Lepanto was seen as a sign of divine grace. The painter Titian was commissioned with an allegorical painting, which was created between 1572 and 1575 and was made according to the king's personal instructions and drawings by his court painter Alonso Sánchez Coello . In the background the destroyed Turkish fleet, Philip II in the foreground delivers his son the heavenly messenger, who hands the Infante palm and laurel wreath. The words MAIORA TIBI (greater things await you) are written on a tape . Philip II had the painting installed in the Alcazar Palace next to the equestrian image of his father Charles V in the battle of Mühlberg , in order to justify the happy future of the Infante on the basis of his father's successes.
The careful upbringing of the prince was extremely important to his father. Pedro Lopez de Ayala, Count of Fuensalida, was Ferdinand's court master. On May 31, 1573, Ferdinand was honored as Prince of Asturias by the Cortes, who swore on the heir to the throne in the Church of San Jeronimo in Madrid. Ferdinand died at the age of 6 and was buried in Chapel 9 of the Pantheon of the Infants in the Real Sitio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial . He was followed as Prince of Asturias by his brother Diego, born in 1575 .
literature
- Pius Bonifatius Gams : The Church History of Spain . Academic printing and Verlagsanstalt, 1956, p. 232.
- Wilhelm Schlink : Titian: Life and Work . CH Beck, 2008, p. 106.
Web links
- Fernando von Habsburg on thepeerage.com , accessed on August 20, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Edelmayer , Arno Strohmeyer : The correspondence of the emperors with their envoys in Spain , Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1997, p. 232
- ^ Friedrich Edelmayer: Philipp II. (1527–1598): the biography of a world ruler , W. Kohlhammer Verlag, 2009, p. 178
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Don Carlos |
Prince of Asturias 1571–1578 |
Diego of Austria |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ferdinand of Austria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fernando de Austria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince of Asturias |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 4, 1571 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1578 |
| Place of death | Madrid |