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Ferdinand was born in Madrid, the son of Philip von Habsburg (1478–1506) and his wife Juana of Castile (1479–1555).
Ferdinand was the younger brother of Charles, who became the Emperor, and Ferdinand was given control of the Habsburg Hereditary Lands (roughly modern-day Austria and Slovenia).
In 1551 Ferdinand invited the Jesuits to Vienna and in 1556 to Prague.
Ferdinand V, called The Catholic (1452-1516), king of Castile (1474-1504); as Ferdinand II he was also king of Sicily (1468-1516) and of Aragón (1479-1516); as Ferdinand III, king of Naples (1504-1516).
Ferdinand had hoped by this alliance to obtain the Castilian crown for himself, but his high-spirited and politically astute wife firmly retained sovereign authority in her own realm.
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