!!!Matthias, geb. 1557

Matthias, b. Vienna, Feb. 24, 1557, d. Vienna, March 20, 
1619, Archduke of Austria, 1612 to 1619 Emperor, 3%%sup rd/%  son of 
Emperor  Maximilian II, 1578 to 1581 unsuccessful 
Governor-General of the Netherlands during their revolt against Spain, 
from 1595 Governor of Austria above and below the river Enns. M. 
continued the  Counter-Reformation as advised by M.  Klesl, and had 
peasant rebellions put down in 1596/97. From 1599 a rival of his 
brother, Emperor  Rudolf II, M. was recognized by the Archdukes as the 
new head of the family in 1606. In 1608 he was granted the Austrian 
Danube countries, Moravia and Hungary and in 1611 Bohemia. From 1612 
Emperor M. was influenced by Cardinal Klesl. Since he had no children, 
the Styrian line of the family ( Ferdinand II) inherited the 
titles. M. was an open and faithful man, who was depressive in old age 
and suffered from gout. He and his wife Anna founded the Capuchin 
Vault  Kapuzinergruft in Vienna as the future family burial place.

!Literature
B. Rill, Kaiser Matthias, Bruderzwist und Glaubenskampf, 
1999; NDB.


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