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He was invested as bishop in 1598 , as a child, even though he had not been ordained as a priest. From 1609 onwards he fought with his Mercenaries in the Julian Dispute Of Inheritance against Maximilian III in Tyrol , and 1611 for Rudolf II in Bohemia .

In 1619 , he became governor of Tyrol and Further Austria , where he attained the position of a sovereign from 1623 to 1630 . He had the Dogana and the Jesuit Church be built in Innsbruck . He fought for the Veltlin and defended Tyrol against the Swedes in 1632 .

With his wife Claudia De Medici , he became the founder of a sideline of the Habsburg family, which persisted until 1665 .

His children were:


  Before Maximilian III
  Title Governor, Later Count Of Tyrol And Regent Of Further Austria
  After Ferdinand Charles