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Matthias

Type Figure Region Holy Roman Empire Time 1557–1619 Also known as Matthias I、Matthias of the Holy Roman Empire

A Habsburg monarch, Holy Roman Emperor from 1612 to 1619, and simultaneously King of Hungary and Bohemia.…

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  1. 1557–1608Vienna · AustriaAs son of Maximilian II, he gradually took charge of Hungarian and Austrian affairs under his brother Rudolf II's rule, entering into complex rivalry with his siblings over the imperial succession.
  2. 1612–1617Prague · BohemiaAfter being elected emperor in 1612, he pressed Rudolf II to abdicate and signed the Imperial Resolution, granting Protestants certain rights in Bohemia. This temporarily eased religious tensions but failed to resolve the fundamental conflict between the Habsburgs and the local nobility.
  3. 1618–1619Vienna · AustriaHe was already gravely ill when the Defenestration of Prague broke out and could not intervene effectively. He died in March 1619 without issue, leaving Ferdinand II to face a full-scale succession crisis in Bohemia and the empire.

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