Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

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.

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