Career
He was Bishop of Passau and of Strasbourg, until he resigned to get married, and Archduke of Further Austria including Tirol. He was invested as bishop in 1598, as a child, even though he had not been ordained as a priest and became Bishop of Strasbourg in 1607, a post which he held until 1626. From 1609 onwards he fought with his mercenaries in the War of the Jülich succession against Maximilian III, Archduke of Further Austria in Tirol, and 1611 for Rudolf II in Bohemia.
Maria-Eleonora 1627–1629
Ferdinand Charles (1628–1662).
Married Anna de" Medici
Isabella-Clara 1629–1685 married Charles III, Duke of Mantua
Maria Leopoldine (1632–1649) - married to Emperor Ferdinand III
Sigismund Francis.