#ferdinand i

[artschoolglasses]

State Halberd, for the Trabanten Guard of Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria, 1563

From the Philadelphia Museum of Art

[laughingsquid]

How to Make Austrian Apricot Dumplings That Were a Favorite of the Highly Inbred Emperor Ferdinand I

[illustratus]

Hunt at the Castle of Torgau in Honour of Ferdinand I by Lucas Cranach the Elder

[kunst-kabinett]

I've said it once I've said it a thousand times this is Ferdinand I to me

[lancastrianwasian]

No more Tudors, please—unless it’s Mary I or Edward VI. Let’s focus on the Trastámaras, especially Catherine of Aragon, and delve into the Habsburgs, like Margaret of Austria and her nieces: Eleanor, Isabella, Maria, and Catalina. And don’t forget Charles V and his brother Ferdinand! We need more content on the Trastámara and Habsburg dynasties, as well as Stuart topics that aren’t about Mary, Queen of Scots or Stuart England.

[thouartadeadthing]

[roehenstart]

Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria as a child. By Friedrich Heinrich Fuger.

[tiny-librarian]

From the Collection of Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria, Duchess of Württemberg (1899-1958)

Ruby and diamond brooch, circa 1915

Designed as a fleur-de-lys set with a hexagonal and two triangular fancy-cut diamonds, outlined by calibré-cut rubies, numbered, brooch fitting detachable.

This brooch was likely given by Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria as a sixteenth birthday present to his youngest daughter Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria in 1915. She is depicted wearing it in a portrait dated 1915. The fleur-de-lys motif is a reference to the family of her mother, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma as well as to the family of her paternal grandmother, Princess Clémentine of Orléans.