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Religious Divide in the Holy Roman Empire
Ferdinand II
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia, whose aim, as a zealous Catholic, was to restore Catholicism as the only religion in the Empire and suppress Protestantism, and whose actions helped precipitate the Thirty Years' War.
Full portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II
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