!!!Karl II

b. Vienna, June 3, 1540, 
d. Graz (Styria), July 10, 1590, Archduke of Inneroesterreich (Inner 
Austrian lands), youngest son of Emperor  Ferdinand I. In 1564 he 
received the Inner Austrian lands (Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, 
Gorizia, Trieste), resided in Graz and founded the Styrian line of the 
Habsburgs. K. fought against the reformation, called the Jesuits to 
Graz in 1572, but had to make concessions to the Protestants (1572 
religious pacification of Graz, 1578 "Libellus of Bruck"). He had to 
incur large expenditures for the protection of the Croatian border 
(1579 construction of the fortress Karlovac). K. founded the 
university of Graz in 1585, promoted music and the fine arts. His 
mausoleum at Seckau is one of the most important works of art of the 
time.

!Literature
A. Novotny and B. Sutter (eds.), Inner-Oesterreich. 
1564-1619, 1967.



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