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Archduke Ernest of Austria was the second born son of Maximilian II Holy Roman Emperor and his wife Maria of Spain. He was born in 1553 and died in 1595. He was a proponent of the counter reformation, and served as regent for his cousin Ferdinand in Inner Austria. What consequences could there have been if he had not died in 1595, and had instead lived to see through the rest of his brother Rudolf's reign as, and perhaps succeed as emperor? Who might've he had married?
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