# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-i-of-austria
# Generated: 2026-08-31T16:03:15.872Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-i-of-austria"
name: "Ferdinand I of Austria"
slug: "ferdinand-i-of-austria"
description: "An emperor too sick to reign. Ferdinand I inherited the Austrian throne in 1835 with severe epilepsy that left him unable to govern — his dying father ordered him to defer all decisions to his uncle and Metternich. Thirteen years of proxy rule ended when revolution forced him out."
tagline: "Austrian emperor, king of Hungary and Bohemia (1793-1875)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kaiser_Ferdinand_I.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1793-04-19"
deathDate: "1875-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.693384068574247
  historical:           25.35466133333334
  currentAttention:     32.90551069643781
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  103
  category: null
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    slug: "politician"
  - name: "Politics"
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  - name: "19th Century"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "فرديناند الاولانى امبراطور النمسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ferran I d'Àustria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ferdinand I, ymerawdwr Awstria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ferdinand I. (Österreich)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Φερδινάνδος Α΄ της Αυστρίας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fernando I de Austria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ferdinand I (Austria)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فردیناند یکم، امپراتور اتریش-مجارستان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ferdinand I (Itävalta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ferdinand Ier (empereur d'Autriche)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fernando I de Austria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "פרדיננד הראשון, קיסר אוסטריה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ferdynand_I_Habsburg_(cesarz_Austrii)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_I_van_Oostenryk"
    title: "Ferdinand I van Oostenryk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "فرديناند الأول إمبراطور النمسا"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Ferdinand succeeded his father Francis I on 2 March 1835 as Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, and Lombardy–Venetia. His severe epilepsy made ruling impossible, so Francis had written a will instructing Ferdinand to consult his uncle Archduke Louis on internal policy and follow the counsel of Prince Metternich, Austria's foreign minister. The arrangement earned Ferdinand the sobriquet "The Benign" for his passive, well-intentioned character. When the Revolutions of 1848 swept Europe, he abdicated on 2 December 1848 in favor of his nephew Franz Joseph. He married Maria Anna of Savoy, with whom he had no children, and lived out his remaining years at Hradčany Palace in Prague until his death in 1875.