The Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II was in many respects an exemplary ... In part this is because of his responsibility for the Thirty Years’ War, which he did not cause but helped to prolong.

Monday is the 400th anniversary of one of the most important events you’ve probably never heard of. On Sept. 9, 1619, King Ferdinand of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia was crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

King Ferdinand II used the code to talk about war strategy. The Army Museum confirmed ... the agency said. The first attempt to decipher the letters appears to have been made in the 19th century ...

The war had religious roots as the Holy Roman Emperor (initially the Habsburg Ferdinand II ... years war between Spain and its former province, the Netherlands. So what are the parallels? The ...