Ferdinand

the name of several European monarchs. Ferdinand I., son of Francis; born in Vienna, Austria, April 19, 1793; ascended the imperial throne of Austria in 1835, and continued to pursue the policy of his father, leaving the chief direction of affairs in the hands of Metternich. In his reign, the republic of Cracow was annihilated, and a portion of it added to the empire. During the Revolutionary war of 1848 he dismi ed Metternich and made several conce ions which were found insufficient..Vienna revolted in May, and Ferdinand at length retired to Olmutz, and on Dec. 5 1848, abdicated, having no children, in favor of his nephew, Francis Joseph I, He died in Prague, Austria, June 29, 1875.