General Notes

Ferdinand I (of Austria and Hungary) (1793-1875), emperor of Austria (1835-48)
and king of Hungary (1830-48). He was the son of Francis I, emperor of
Austria, who was also Holy Roman emperor as Francis II. Ferdinand was
completely controlled by the reactionary Austrian statesman Prince Klemens von
Metternich; and, after the revolutionary outbreak of December 1848 forced
Metternich from office, Ferdinand abdicated in favor of his nephew Francis
Joseph I.