!!!Ferdinand I., geb. 1793

b. Vienna, April 19, 1793, 
d. Prague (Czech Republic), June 29, 1875, Emperor of Austria 
1835-1848; eldest son and successor of Emperor  Franz II (I). Since he 
suffered from epilepsy and was handicapped, a body of counsellors 
known as the Privy Council of Regency, or State Conference, consisting 
of his uncle Archduke  Ludwig, his brother Archduke  Franz Karl, 
Prince  Metternich, and Count F. A.  Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky), conducted 
the affairs of state. However, various important edicts (railways, 
savings banks) were brought about during his reign. When the  
Revolution of 1848 broke out, he dismissed Metternich, fled in May to 
Innsbruck and in October to Olomouc, where he resigned on Dec. 2, 
1848. From then on he lived in Prague.

!Literature
G. Holler, Gerechtigkeit fuer F. - Oesterreichs guetiger 
Kaiser, 1986.



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