Upon his accession to the throne, this ruler revoked his predecessor's institution of the defensores, public officials tasked with defense of Protestant dogma.
Upon his accession to the throne, this ruler revoked his predecessor's institution of the defensores, public officials tasked with defense of Protestant dogma. He agreed to the Peace of Zsitviatorok, which brought an end to his wars with the Ottomans, and ended the uprising of Stephan Bocskay. This monarch wrote the Letter of Majesty to the Estates of Bohemia, offering religious toleration in exchange for staying on as their sovereign, after being supplanted by his brother Matthias as ruler of Bohemia. He was the eldest surviving son of Maria and Maximillian and was patron to both Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler at his court in Prague. FTP, identify this Holy Roman Emperor whose reign from 1576 to 1612 saw the buildup to the Thirty Years' War.
Upon his accession to the throne, this ruler revoked his predecessor's institution of the defensores, public officials tasked with defense of Protestant dogma.
{Rudolf II} (or "Archduke {Rudolf} V of {Austria}")