!!!Ernst, Erzherzog von Österreich

b. Vienna, July 15, 1553, 
d. Brussels (Belgium), Feb. 12, 1595, raised with his brother  Rudolf 
 II at the Spanish Court, 1573 and 1587 candidate for the Polish 
throne. From 1576, governor of Austria above and below the River Enns, 
where he spurred on the Counter-Reformation; from 1590 governor of 
Inner Austria, 1594 King Philip II of Spain called upon him to become 
governor of the Netherlands. He was constantly sent to critical areas 
in the struggle between the denominations.



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