Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

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Let justice be done, though the world perish.

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564) reigned as archiduke of Austria from 1521, king of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia from 1526 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1556 till his death.

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Quotes

Fiat iustitia et pereat mundus.
- Let justice be done, though the world perish.
  - Motto, quoted in Locorum Communium Collectanea (1563)

Misattributed

I am the Emperor, and I want dumplings.
- Ferdinand I of Austria, quoted in The Fall of the House of Habsburg (1963) by Edward Crankshaw

External links

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