Death of Ferdinand I

Timeline

1. 1564Hofburg, Vienna · AustriaFerdinand I died in Vienna at the age of sixty-one after a long illness. His reign was noted for establishing imperial religious peace through the Peace of Augsburg, resisting Ottoman expansion, and consolidating Habsburg lands, making him a key figure in sixteenth-century Central European politics.
2. 1564Vienna–Frankfurt · Holy Roman EmpireMaximilian II, already elected King of the Romans in 1562, lawfully succeeded to his father's imperial title and subsequently completed his imperial coronation. The framework of religious peace and the pressure of eastern defense left by Ferdinand I became the new emperor's foremost challenges.