Editing Ferdinand I of Austria (section)

=== Reign ===
[[File:Stadler Ferdinand und Maria Anna.jpg|thumb|left|Double portrait of Ferdinand and Maria Anna of Savoy]]
[[File:Eduard Gurk 001.jpg|thumb|Coronation of King Ferdinand V in 1836 in Prague]]
Ferdinand suffered from epilepsy. Although he has been depicted as feeble-minded and incapable of ruling, he kept a coherent and legible diary and has even been said to have had a sharp wit. However, suffering as many as twenty seizures per day severely restricted his ability to rule with any effectiveness. Though he was not declared incapacitated, a [[Secret State Conference|Regent's Council]] ([[Archduke Louis of Austria|Archduke Louis]], [[Count Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky|Count Kolowrat]], and [[Prince Klemens von Metternich|Prince Metternich]]) steered the government.

[[File: 1 thaler Ferdinand I - 1840A.png|thumb|right|[[Thaler]] minted during the reign of Ferdinand I, {{circa|1840}}]]
When Ferdinand married Princess [[Maria Anna of Savoy]], the court physician considered it unlikely that he would be able to [[Consummation|consummate]] the marriage.<ref name=":1">van der Kiste, John. ''Emperor Francis Joseph'' London: Sutton Publishing, 2005 {{ISBN|0-7509-3787-4}}. p 2</ref> When he tried to consummate the marriage, he had five seizures. He is also remembered for his command to his cook: when told he could not have apricot [[dumpling]]s (''[[Marillenknödel]]'') because [[apricot]]s were out of season, he said "I am the Emperor, and I want dumplings!" ({{langx|de|Ich bin der Kaiser und ich will Knödel}}!).<ref>According to A.J.P. Taylor, he was in fact asking for ''noodles'' - "But it is an unacceptable pun in English for a noodle to ask for noodles" - ''The Habsburg Monarchy 1809–1918''</ref><ref>Regan, Geoffrey. ''Royal Blunders'' page 72</ref>