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__________ was appointed as the head of the Holy Roman Empire in 1619.

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Ferdinand I
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Ferdinand II
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William I
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William II
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The correct option is B Ferdinand II
Ferdinand II, the King of Bohemia, was appointed the head of the Holy Roman Empire in 1619. He broke the peace of Augsburg and decreed that every citizen in the empire should follow Roman Catholicism. Princes and other members of the Bohemian nobility were displeased and revolted against the decree.

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