Maximilian's son, Rudolf II (r. 1576-1612), succeeds…
1540 CE to 1683 CE
After the Turks reopen the war in Hungary in 1593, Rudolf is blamed for the rebellion among Protestant nobles in Royal Hungary caused by his brutal conduct of the war.
Backed by junior members of the dynasty, Rudolf's younger brother, Matthias (r. 1612-19), confiscates Rudolf's lands, restores order, and, after Rudolf's death, becomes Holy Roman Emperor, but the religious and political concessions that the two brothers have made to the nobility to win their support in this dynastic feud creates new dangers for the Habsburgs.
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