Page "Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor" Paragraph 7

According to the terms set at the First Congress of Vienna in 1515, Ferdinand married Anne Jagiellonica, daughter of the King Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary on 22 July 1515.

Therefore, after the demise of his brother-in-law Louis II, King of Bohemia and of Hungary at the battle of Mohács on 29 August 1526, Ferdinand felt himself to be the inheritor of both Kingdoms.

On 24 October 1526 the Bohemian Diet, acting under the influence of the powerful magnate and the chancellor of the Crown, Adam of Hradce, elected Ferdinand the King of Bohemia under conditions of confirming traditional privileges of the estates as well as moving Habsburg court to Prague.

The success was only partial, as the Diet refused to recognise Ferdinand as a hereditary lord of The Kingdom.