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  Ferdinand II of Aragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ferdinand, the son of John II of Aragon by his second wife, the Aragonese noblewoman Juana Enriquez, was made King of Sicily by his father in 1468 in preparation for his marriage to Infanta Isabella, the half-sister and heiress of Henry IV of Castile.
Ferdinand allied with various Italian princes and with Emperor Maximilian I, to expel the French by 1496 and install Alfonso's son, Ferdinand, on the Neapolitan throne.
Ferdinand attempted to retain the regency permanently, but was rebuffed by the Castilian nobility and replaced with Joanna's husband, who became Philip I of Castile.
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 Castile
Alfonso VII of Castile Alfonso VII of Castile (Burgundy.
Ferdinand III of Castile Ferdinand III, the Saint, (Alfonso VIII.
Sancha of Castile Infanta Sancha of Alfonso VII of Castile.
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 MSN Encarta - Ferdinand V
Ferdinand V, called The Catholic (1452-1516), king of Castile (1474-1504); as Ferdinand II he was also king of Sicily (1468-1516) and of Aragón (1479-1516); as Ferdinand III, king of Naples (1504-1516).
The union of the Spanish kingdoms of Aragón and Castile was effected in 1469 by Ferdinand's marriage to his cousin Isabella I, queen of Castile.
Ferdinand had hoped by this alliance to obtain the Castilian crown for himself, but his high-spirited and politically astute wife firmly retained sovereign authority in her own realm.
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 AllRefer.com - Ferdinand III, Spanish king of Castile and LeOn (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - ...
Ferdinand III 1199–1252, Spanish king of Castile (1217–52) and LeOn (1230–52), son of Alfonso IX of LeOn and Berenguela of Castile.
At the death (1217) of her brother, Henry I of Castile, Berenguela renounced her right of succession in Ferdinand's favor.
Ferdinand was planning an expedition to Morocco when he died and was succeeded by his son, Alfonso X. In 1671, Ferdinand was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
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 Ferdinand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ferdinand IV, Archduke of Austria, duke of Modena.
Ferdinand IV of Castile and Leon - 1285-1312; became king 1295.
Ferdinand of Austria, Cardinal-Infante of Spain - 1618-1641
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 FERDINAND I. (PORTUGAL) - LoveToKnow Article on FERDINAND I. (PORTUGAL)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
FERDINAND I. (PORTUGAL) - LoveToKnow Article on FERDINAND I. (PORTUGAL), king of Portugal (1345-1383), sometimes referred to as ci Gentil (the Gentleman), son of Pedro I. of Portugal (who is not to be confounded with his Spanish contemporary Pedro the Cruel), succeeded his father in 1367.
On the death of Pedro of Castile in 1369, Ferdinand, as greatgrandson of Sancho IV.
Ferdinand left no niale issue when he died on the 22nd of October 1383, and the direct Burgundian line, which had been in possession of the throne since the days of Count Henry (about 1112), became extinct.
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 Ferdinand II of Aragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ferdinand II (Fernando de Aragón in Spanish and Ferran d'Aragó in Catalan), nicknamed the Catholic (March 10, 1452 – June 23, 1516) was king of Aragon, Castile, Sicily, Naples, Valencia, Sardinia and Navarre and Count of Barcelona.
Ferdinand, the son of John II of Aragon by his second wife, the Aragonese noblewoman, was made King of Sicily by his father in 1468 in preparation for his marriage to Infanta Isabella, the half-sister and heiress of Henry IV of Castile.
At this point Ferdinand remarried with the much younger of Foix (1490-1538), a grand-daughter of Queen Leonor of Navarre, to reinforce his claim to the kingdom.
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 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg685 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Fernando IV the Summoned of CASTILE was born 6 Dec 1285 and died 7 Dec 1312.
Alfonso of CASTILE was born 1286 in Valladolid.
Enrique of CASTILE was born 1288 in Vitoria.
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 castile old kingdom
Old Castile is in outline an irregular triangle, the western frontier bordering on the ancient Kingdom of Leon, the south-eastern boundary being the Sierras de Gredos, Guadarrama, and the Moncayo (Mons Caunus), and the north-eastern, the river Ebro.
Ferdinand I, of Castile, united Castile and Leon, the latter having fallen to his wife upon the death of her brother, Bermudo III.
The Compromiso de Caspe placed the crown of Aragon on the head of an Infante of Castile, Ferdinand of Antequera (1412), and the marriage of Isabella, heiress of Henry IV of Castile, to Ferdinand, the heir of John II of Aragon, finally united these kingdoms and formed the beginning of the Spanish monarchy.
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 EH.Net Encyclopedia: Economic History of Portugal
Ferdinand was, however, generally unsuccessful in his attempts to tie the crowns under his heading, and when he died in 1383 the king of Castile (thanks to his marriage with Ferdinand’s daughter) became the legitimate heir to the Portuguese crown.
A war with Castile and intimations of civil war ensued, and in the end Portugal’s independence was kept.
The man chosen to be the successor of Ferdinand, under a new dynasty, was the bastard son of Peter I (Ferdinand’s father), the man who became John I in 1385.
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 Edith2 - aqwg122 - Generated by Ancestral Quest
Ferdinand I King of Castile [Parents] was born in of Castile,, Spain.
Ferdinand III King of Castile [Parents] was born 1191/1198 in of Castile,, Spain.
Ferdinand II King of Leon [Parents] was born in of Leon,, Spain.
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 castileleon
Ferdinand married Sancha, the sister of Bermudo III, king of Leon (1016-37), and heiress to the throne of Leon.
Ferdinand was noted both for his intermittent wars with Castile and Portugal and for his reorganization, about 1170, of the military Order of Saint James of the Sword (Santiago de la Espada) to participate in the campaign to drive the Moors from Spain.
Ferdinand III (of Castile and León), called The Saint (1199-1252), king of Castile (1217-52) and of León (1230-52); he was the son of King Alfonso IX of León and Castile.
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 List of Castilian monarchs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alfonso VII of Castile, (1105-1157), the Emperor - 1126-1157
Isabella I of Spain, wife of Ferdinand of Aragon, king-consort Ferdinand V of Castile.
Ferdinand II of Aragon, dowager king-consort, Joanna's father, ruled Castile as regent from 1506 to his death 1516
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 Ferdinand III of Castile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was the son of Alfonso IX and Berenguela of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VIII.
In 1219, Ferdinand married the daughter of the German king Philip of Swabia, Elizabeth, called Beatriz in Spain.
Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290), wife of King Edward I of England.
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 FERDINAND I. OF CASTILE - LoveToKnow Article on FERDINAND I. OF CASTILE
1065), son of Sancho of Navarre, was put in possession of Castile in 1028, on the murder of the last count, as the heir of his mother Elvira, daughter of a previous count of Castile.
In 1038 Bermudo was killed in battle with Ferdinand at Tamaron, and Ferdinand then took possession of Leon by right of his wife, and was recognized in Spain as emperor.
Although Ferdinand had grown in power by a fratricidal strife with Bermudo of Leon, and though at a later date he defeated and killed his brother Garcia of Navarre, he ranks high among the kings of Spain who have been counted religious.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FE/FERDINAND_I_OF_CASTILE.htm   (364 words)

  
 Ferdinand V and Isabella I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In August Christopher Columbus, sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella, set sail from the small Spanish seaport of Palos on his epoch-making voyage to America, which was the first step in the creation of the Spanish overseas colonial empire.
She was the daughter of John II of Castile and León by his second wife, Isabella of Portugal.
In 1469 Princess Isabella married Ferdinand of Aragón, known also as Ferdinand V, The Catholic, and on the death of her brother, Henry IV, Isabella and Ferdinand jointly succeeded (1474) to the throne of Castile and León.
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 Ferdinand of Castile and Leon - Eustache de Champagne
Ferdinand of Castile and Leon died in 1275.
She was married to King Ferdinand V of Spain in 1469 in Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
King Alfonso VII the Emperor of Castile and Leon and Princess Rixa (Richenza Ryksa) of Poland.
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 European Voyages of Exploration: Imperial Spain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Castile took advantage of this weakness and dominated the union of kingdoms but Aragon would bring its wealth in administrative experience and its skill in the techniques of diplomacy and government that would prove to be invaluable once the Spanish Empire began to expand.
Castile was the larger and stronger of the two nations and would dominate the foreign policy of both but Ferdinand was very much a full partner with his queen.
Ferdinand led the united forces of Aragon and Castile to triumph thanks to his military and diplomatic prowess.
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 Encyclopedia: Ferdinand I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
His Imperial Majesty Ferdinand I Karl Leopold Joseph Franz Marchlin Emperor of Austria King of Hungary and Bohemia (April 19, 1793 – June 29, 1875) succeeded his father (Franz II Holy Roman Emperor/Franz I of Austria) as Emperor and King in 1835 and was forced to abdicate in 1848.
Ferdinand Maximilan Charles Leopold Marie, Ferdinand of Bulgaria (February 26, 1861 - September 10, 1948) was monarch of Bulgaria as well as an author, botanist and philatelist.
Ferdinand of Romania Ferdinand or Ferdinand I (August 24, 1865-July 20, 1927) was the king of Romania from October 10, 1914 until his death Born in Sigmaringen in southwestern Germany, Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen became heir to the throne of his childless uncle, King Carol I of Romania...
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 Ferdinand I of Leon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In 1038 Bermudo was killed in battle with Ferdinand at Tamaron[?], and Ferdinand then took possession of León by right of his wife, and was recognized in Spain as emperor.
The use of the title was resented by the emperor Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor and by Pope Victor II in 1055, as implying a claim to the headship of Christendom, and as a usurpation on the Holy Roman Empire.
Although Ferdinand had grown in power by a fratricidal strife with Bermudo of León, and though at a later date he defeated and killed his brother García of Navarre[?], he ranks high among the kings of Spain who have been counted religious.
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 St. Ferdinand III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In 1219 Ferdinand married Beatrice, the daughter of Philip of Swabia, King of Germany.
The highest aims of Ferdinand's life were the propagation of the Faith and the liberation of Spain.
Ferdinand was buried in the great cathedral of Seville before the image of the Blessed Virgin clothed in the habit of the Third Order of St. Francis.
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Soto was a retainer in the household of Alonso Enríquez, bishop of Osma and illegitimate son of the Admiral of Castile, Fadrique Enríquez.
The family's support for Ferdinand and Isabella was apparent from the earliest years, for Fadrique Enríquez and his sons were present at their marriage ceremony and supported the monarchs during the war of succession that broke out when Isabella declared herself queen of Castile in 1474.
Thus, 1509 corresponded to a time in which Ferdinand's popularity in Castile was increasing, and even if he were merely the administrator of the kingdom, the royal entry was one indication that he was considered worthy of enjoying the privileges of a reigning monarch.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Isabella I
Queen of Castile; born in the town of Madrigal de las Altas Torres, 22 April, 1451; died a little before noon, 26 November, 1504, in the castle of La Mota, which still stands at Medina del Campo (Valladolid).
Ferdinand, after a journey the story of which reads like a novel, for its perils and its dramatic interest, was married to Isabella in the palace of Juan de Vivero, in 1469.
Ferdinand had meanwhile succeeded to the throne of Aragon, and thus the definitive unity of the Spanish nation was accomplished in the two monarchs to whom a Spanish pope, Alexander VI, gave the title of "Catholic" which the Kings of Spain still bear.
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 1008 - 1086 Taifa Kingdoms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The army of Ferdinand I of Castile defeats that of his brother García IV of Navarra at Atapuerca 12 miles to the east of Burgos (1 Sep).
Ferdinand I of Castile and León invades Muslim Badajoz, and extracts tribute from Emir Al-Mutadid of Seville (Menéndez, 1934).
King Ferdinand dies in León on 28 Dec and his empire is divided between his three sons: Sancho II in Castile, Alfonso VI in León, and Garcia in Galicia.
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 Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand II of Aragon, surnamed the Catholic (March 10, 1452 - June 23, 1516) was king of Aragon, Castile, Sicily, Naples and Navarre.
Ferdinand also conquered the southern half of Navarre and annexed it to Spain.
Joanna's son, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, succeeded her on the throne of Castile; and he also succeeded Ferdinand on the Aragonese throne when Ferdinand died in 1516.
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 Ferdinand II, king of Aragon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
or Ferdinand the Catholic, 1452–1516, king of Aragón (1479–1516), king of Castile and León (as Ferdinand V, 1474–1504), king of Sicily (1468–1516), and king of Naples (1504–16).
In 1469, Ferdinand married Isabella I of Castile, and in 1474 they assumed joint rule of Castile.
Many of Ferdinand’s policies had long-lasting effects, especially the expulsion of the Jews and the Muslims, many of whom settled in N Africa, the search for American gold, and the conversion of large agricultural areas into grazing lands for the benefit of the wool industry.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Castile and Aragon
The united kingdom which came into existence by the marriage (1469) of Isabella, heiress of Castile, with Ferdinand the Catholic, King of Aragon.
In the present political division Old Castile comprises a territory of 22,415 square miles, with a population of 1,654,585, and since the division of 1833 it has included the eight provinces of Burgos, Palencia, Valladolid, Avila, Segovia, Soria, Logroño, and Santander.
(Paris, 1894-99), 194 for bibliography of Aragon, and 604-5 for that of Castile.
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 Ferdinand I
Ferdinand I of Aragon[?] (1379-1416, king from 1412)
Ferdinand I of Germany (1503-1564, emperor from 1556)
Ferdinand I of Austria (1793-1875, emperor from 1835)
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 Ferdinand
It is particularly common in nations that were colonized by the Visigoths: Fernando in Portuguese, Hernando in Spanish and Ferrand in Old French.
Ferdinand of Portugal - 1816-1885; became titular king 1837.
1200-1252; became king of Castile 1217, of Leon 1230.
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