Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564) was a Central European monarch from the House of Habsburg.
Sourced
- Fiat iustitia et pereat mundus.
- Let justice be done, though the world perish.
- Motto, quoted in Locorum Communium Collectanea (1563)
- Let justice be done, though the world perish.
Misattributed
- I am the Emperor, and I want dumplings.
- Ferdinand I of Austria, quoted in The Fall of the House of Habsburg (1963) by Edward Crankshaw