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| | Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor |
 | | On May 25, 1521 in Linz, Austria, he married Anne of Bohemia (1503-1547), daughter of King Ladislaus V of Hungary and his wife Anne de Foix. |
 | | After Suleiman the Magnificent defeated Louis II in 1526, king of Bohemia and Hungary and Ferdinand's brother-in-law, Ferdinand took over the Kingdom of Bohemia, while the Kingdom of Hungary became subject to a dynastic dispute between the Habsburgs and the Zapolyas, headed by John Zápolya, prince of Transylvania. |
 | | After the abdication of his brother, Charles V, Ferdinand ruled the European section of the Holy Roman Empire (Austria, Bohemia and parts of Germany) as emperor between 1556 and 1564. |
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