FERDINAND (of Austria) invested with the government of the Austrian States, [113].
determines to arrest Protestantism, [114].
assumes some impartiality, [116].
chosen King of the Romans, [120].
Bohemia and Hungary added to his kingdom, [146].
demands the restitution of Belgrade, [146].
his siege of Buda, [153].
tribute of to the Turks, [153].
his attempts to weaken the power of the Hungarian nobles, [155].
conditions of his pardon of the Hungarian nobles, [157].
his punishment of the revolters, [158].
his establishment of the Jesuits in Bohemia, [158].
his inconsistencies, [158].
obtains the crown of Germany, [161].
opposed by the pope, [162].
elected Emperor of Germany, [233].
character of, [234].
rich spoils of, [273].
he assembles a diet at Eatisbon, [275].
perplexity of in regard to the demands of the diet, [277].
FERDINAND (King of Arragon) furnishes supplies for the war against the Venetians, [95].
FERDINAND (of Naples), flight of to Ischia, [85].
FERDINAND (King of the Romans)
crowned at Ratisbon, [302].
his death, [302].
FERDINAND I.
illustrious birth of, [145].
marriage of, [145].
efforts of to unite Protestants and Catholics, [164].
attempts of to prevent the spread of Protestantism, [167].
the founder of the Austrian empire, [168].
death of, [168].
FERDINAND II.
manifesto of, [240].
abduction of Cardinal Kleses by, [242].
troops of defeated by the Protestants, [243].
refers the complaints of the Protestants to arbitration, [343].
unpopularity of with the Catholics, [247].
unexpected rescue of, [249].
elected King of Germany, [250].
concludes an alliance with Maximilian, [254].
secures the coöperation of the Elector of Saxony and Louis XIII., [256].
subdues Austria, [257].
barbarity of the troops of, [258].
vengeance of, [263].
meeting at Ratisbon to approve the acts of, [265].
victories of, [268].
capture of the duchies of Mecklenburg, [268].
seizes Pomerania, [268].
revokes all concessions to the Protestants, [270].
son of crowned King of Bohemia, [271].
manifesto of against Gustavus Adolphus, [283].
decorous appreciation of to the memory of Gustavus Adolphus, [296].
outwitted by a Capuchin friar, [279].
succeeds in securing the election of his son Ferdinand, [299].
his death, [299].
FERDINAND III.
ascends the throne, [245].
his proposal for a truce with Prague, [246].
desire of for peace, [300].
succeeds in securing the election of his son as Ferdinand King of the Romans, [302].
death of, [303].
FLEURY (Cardinal), ascendancy of over Louis XV., [378].
FLORENCE threatened by Louis XII., [90].
FRANCE
influence of in wresting sacrifices from the emperor, [279].
the dominant power, [315].
fraud by which obtained possession of Spain, [331].
condition of under Louis XIV., [357].
refusal of to engage in the Polish war, [390].
design of to deprive Maria Theresa of her kingdom, [428].
declares war against England, [448].
alliance of effected with Austria. [467].