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	Ferdinand VII of Spain - Wikipedia
		Ferdinand VII, king of Spain (1784-1833), the eldest son of Charles IV, king of Spain, and of his wife Maria Louisa of Parma, was born at the palace of San Ildefonso near Balsam in the Somosierra hills, on October 14 1784.
		Then he spent years as the prisoner of Napoleon, and returned in 1814 to find that while Spain was fighting for independence in his name a new world had been born of foreign invasion and domestic revolution.
		When at last the inevitable revolt came in 1820 he grovelled to the insurgents as he had done to his parents, descending to the meanest submissions while fear was on him, then intriguing and, when detected, grovelling again.
	wikipedia.findthelinks.com /fe/Ferdinand_VII_of_Spain.html (985 words)

	Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eldest son of Emperor Ferdinand II from the house of Habsburg and his first wife, Maria Anna of Bavaria.
		Ferdinand married three times, first to his cousin, the Infanta Maria Anna of Spain, by whom he had two surviving sons: Ferdinand IV, his eldest, who predeceased him, and Leopold, who ultimately succeeded him.
		She died in 1649, and Ferdinand married a third time, to Eleonora Gonzaga, daughter of the Duke of Mantua.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ferdinand_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (340 words)

	Ferdinand VII of Spain -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Ferdinand VII (October 14, 1784 - September 29, 1833) was (additional info and facts about King of Spain) King of Spain from 1813 to 1833.
		Ferdinand soon found that while Spain was fighting for independence in his name and while in his name (A group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power) juntas had governed in Spanish America, a new world had been born of foreign invasion and domestic revolution.
		Ferdinand had restored the (A member of the Jesuit order) Jesuits upon his return; now the Society had become identified with repression and absolutism among the liberals, who attacked them: twenty-five Jesuits were slain in Madrid in 1822.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fe/ferdinand_vii_of_spain2.htm (1175 words)

	Spain. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The W Pyrenees and the northern coast, paralleled by the Cantabrian Mts., are occupied by Navarre, with the city of Pamplona; the Basque Country, with the ports of Bilbao and San Sebastián; Santander; and Asturias, with Oviedo and the port of Gijón.
		Spain’s bicameral legislature, the Cortes, consists of the chamber of deputies and the senate, both of whose representatives are elected every four years in provincial elections.
		Economically, Spain progressed dramatically in the 1960s and early 70s, stimulated in part by the liberal economic policies espoused by Opus Dei; growth was particularly pronounced in the tourist, automobile, and construction industries.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sp/Spain.html (5831 words)

	Spain and Its Coins
		The marriage in 1469 of Ferdinand II of Aragon with Isabella, heiress to the crown of Castile, laid the foundations of a united Spanish kingdom.
		Ferdinand II (1452-1516) was the son John II of Aragon; he became King of Sicily in 1468, one year before marrying Isabella, daughter of King John II of Castile.
		Ferdinand VII (1808-1833) was taken prisoner to France and forced to cede the throne of Spain to Joseph Bonaparte (1808-1813), Napoleon's brother.
	americanhistory.si.edu /collections/numismatics/spain/spain.htm (2900 words)

	Ferdinand V and Isabella I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		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.
		The political philosophies of the two rulers were almost identical, however, and their reign was inaugurated with the promulgation of energetic and sweeping measures designed to strengthen the royal authority and to curb the power of the nobles, who had usurped many privileges and functions of the Crown.
		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.
	www.sonhex.dk /fandi.htm (617 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ferdinand VII of Spain
		King Philip V of Spain (December 19, 1683 â€“ July 9, 1746) or Philippe of Anjou, grandson of the French monarch Louis XIV, was king of Spain from 1700 to 1746, the first of the Bourbon dynasty in Spain.
		Infanta dona Maria de las Mercedes of Spain (1880-1904), Princess of the Asturias, and for a period 1885-86 when she was five years old, the extant Head of the State of Spain, was born as Dona Maria de las Mercedes de Borbon y Asburgo-Lorena, eldest daughter of...
		Maria Christina, Queen Regent of Spain Maria Christina, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Queen of Spain (Maria Cristina Ferdinanda of the Two Sicilies branch of the Royal House of Bourbon) (April 27, 1806–August 22, 1878) was Queen Consort of Spain (1829 to 1833) and Queen Regent of Spain (1833...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ferdinand-VII-of-Spain (3645 words)

	Spain
		Consequently, Spain became involved disastrously in the Wars of the French Revolution (1792-95) and was forced to cede (1800) to France the territory of Louisiana in America.
		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).
		Ferdinand V (1452-1516) King-consort of Castile from 1474 (as Ferdinand II), King of Aragon from 1479, and Ferdinand III of Naples from 1504.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/Spain.htm (6847 words)

	Ferdinand & Isabella - Spain's Unity
		This is an indication of the limited extent of unity in Spain under Ferdinand and Isabella.
		In fact, the rise of Spain in the sixteenth century, which the Catholic monarchs are said to have laid the foundations for, can largely be seen as the rise of Castile, not Aragon.
		Ferdinand and Isabella united their realms in a physical sense, and created a geographic expression that appeared to denote a united Spain,
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Forum/3760/fi_unity.htm (888 words)

	Ferdinand VI, king of Spain. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		When Ferdinand succeeded his father, his stepmother, Elizabeth Farnese, lost her power at court and went into retirement.
		Ferdinand’s chief ministers were José de Carvajal y Lancaster, who was pro-British, and Ensenada, who had for many years directed the affairs of Spain and strongly favored France.
		Carvajal died in 1754, and Ferdinand, desiring Spain to remain at peace, dismissed Ensenada, fearing that he might trap Spain in a French alliance.
	www.bartleby.com /65/fe/Ferdi6Sp.html (207 words)

	SPAIN FROM FERDINAND AND ISABELLA TO PHILIP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Ferdinand and Isabella successfully asserted their authority over them, and this was confirmed by a papal bull in 1523 during the reign of their grandson, Charles.
		It was established throughout Spain by a bull of Sixtus IV in 1478, at the request of the monarchs, and began operations in 1480.
		In the Spain of Ferdinand and Isabella, the chief threat of heresy was thought to proceed from the Jews and conversos.
	www.ku.edu /carrie/texts/carrie_books/gilbert/18.html (16695 words)

	Ferdinand VII of Spain
		The eldest son of Charles IV, king of Spain, and of his wife Maria Louisa of Parma, he was born in El Escorial - Madrid.
		Then he spent almost seven years at Chateau Valençay in the town of Valençay, France as the prisoner of Napoleon, and returned in 1814 to find that while Spain was fighting for independence in his name a new world had been born of foreign invasion and domestic revolution.
		When his father's abdication was extorted by a popular riot at Aranjuez in March 1808, he ascended the throne - not to lead his people manfully, but to throw himself into the hands of Napoleon, in the fatuous hope that the emperor would support him.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/f/fe/ferdinand_vii_of_spain.html (1054 words)

	King Ferdinand VII of Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Ferdinand was born in 1784 to Charles IV and María Luisa.
		Ferdinand going to meet Napoleon at Bayonne, France, but he was forced to abdicate and his throne was given to Joseph Bonaparte.
		During Ferdinand’s reign, the Spanish colonies on the mainland of North and South America were lost through the very rebellions that had begun as risings in his favor and against Napoleon.
	goofy313g.free.fr /calisota_online/exist/ferdinandVII.html (274 words)

	Emperor Ferdinand I
		Ferdinand was born in 1503 in Alcala de Henares.
		This meant that Ferdinand and his elder brother Charles were from an early age pawns in the political games of their grandfathers, the Emperor Maximilian I and King Ferdiand of Aragon.
		Ferdinand's artistic sensibilities were much influenced by the works of painters and sculptors patronised by her - artists from France, Italy, and Germany - as well as by the love of literature and music that prevailed at her court.
	www.khm.at /ferdinand/en/02biography/01.html (397 words)

	Ferdinand II of Aragon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Ferdinand, the son of John II of Aragon by his second wife, the Aragonese noblewoman Juana Henriquez, 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 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.
		Earlier that year, Ferdinand had conquered the southern half of the Kingdom of Navarre, which was ruled by a French nobleman, and annexed it to Spain.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/F/Ferdinand-II-of-Aragon.htm (788 words)

	AllRefer.com - Ferdinand VII, king of Spain (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Ferdinand VII 1784–1833, king of Spain (1808–33), son of Charles IV and MarIa Luisa.
		Excluded from a role in the government, he became the center of intrigues against the chief minister Godoy and attempted to win the support of Napoleon I. In 1807 he was arrested by his father, who accused him of plotting his overthrow and the murder of his mother and Godoy.
		Ferdinand was soon persuaded to cross the French border and meet Napoleon at Bayonne.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/Ferdi7Sp.html (561 words)

	Spain Ferdinand and Isabella - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The marriage in 1469 of royal cousins, Ferdinand of Aragon (1452-1516) and Isabella of Castile (1451-1504), eventually brought stability to both kingdoms.
		Ferdinand, who had received his political education in federalist Aragon, brought a new emphasis on constitutionalism and a respect for local fueros to Castile, where he was king consort (1479- 1504) and continued as regent after Isabella's death in 1504.
		Greatly admired by Italian political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), Ferdinand was one of the most skillful diplomats in an age of great diplomats, and he assigned to Castile its predominant role in the dual monarchy.
	workmall.com /wfb2001/spain/spain_history_ferdinand_and_isabella.html (996 words)

	King Ferdinand V of Spain
		Ferdinand was born on March 10, 1452 to King John II of Aragón, and was was nicknamed "The Catholic".
		In 1493, by the terms of a treaty between Spain and France, Ferdinand recovered from King Charles VIII of France the ancient province of Roussillon, which John II had mortgaged to King Louis XI of France.
		In 1512, he annexed the kingdom of Navarre, extending the borders of Spain from the Pyrenées to the Rock of Gibraltar, still led by his insatiable thirst for power.
	goofy313g.free.fr /calisota_online/exist/ferdinandV.html (474 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Ferdinand III
		In 1217 Ferdinand became King of Castile, which crown his mother renounced in his favour, and in 1230 he succeeded to the crown of Leon, though not without civil strife, since many were opposed to the union of the two kingdoms.
		The highest aims of Ferdinand's life were the propagation of the Faith and the liberation of Spain from the Saracen yoke.
		Ferdinand was buried in the great cathedral of Seville before the image of the Blessed Virgin, clothed, at his own request, in the habit of the Third Order of St. Francis.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06042a.htm (452 words)

	Spain -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		In the Italian Wars (1494-1559), Spain triumphed over its chief rival, France, and added Naples (see Naples, kingdom of) and the duchy of Milan to its dependencies.
		Under Philip II's successors, Philip III and Philip IV, Spain was drawn into the Thirty Years War (1618-48), prolonged by war with France until 1659.
		Economically, Spain progressed dramatically in the 1960s and early 70s, stimulated in part by the liberal economic policies espoused by Opus Dei ; growth was particularly pronounced in the tourist, automobile, and construction industries.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/spain_history.asp (5008 words)

	Heraldry in Spain
		Spain, which is quarterly A and D. Castile-Leon, B. per pale a.
		With his son Felipe II came the adoption of the form per pale Spain and Austria, with the Spanish quarters further simplified.
		Heraldry is not regulated in Spain, in the sense that there are no laws or rules on who can take what arms, and no official has ever had enforcement powers of any kind.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/national/spain.htm (1685 words)

	Allegiance to Spain (from Ferdinand Magellan) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Spain is bordered on the west by Portugal; in the northeast it borders France, from which it is separated by the tiny principality of Andorra and by the great wall of the Pyrenees Mountains.
		Trained in his youth for government service, Ferdinand de Lesseps spent 24 years as a French diplomat; but it was his success in building the Suez Canal that earned him worldwide fame.
		By their marriage in October 1469, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile initiated a confederation of the two kingdoms that became the basis for the unification of Spain.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-4442?tocId=4442 (752 words)

	Mexican Independence
		The forced removal of Ferdinand VII from the Spanish thrown and his replacement by Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother presented opportunity for Mexican intelligentsia to promote independence in the name of the legitimate Spanish king.
		From its inception the colonial government of New Spain was dominated by Spanish born Peninsulares or Guachapins, who held most leadership positions in the church and government, in contrast to Mexican-born Criollos (Creoles) who were the ten to one majority.
		Motivated by events in Spain which forced post-Napoleonic and tyrannical King Ferdinand VII to restore elements of constitutional government (Constitution of 1812), former Royalist commander Agustín Iturbide, a mestizo accepted as a criollo who opposed the insurgent approach to independence, formed a junta with revolutionary Vicente Guerro to engineer Mexican independence in 1821.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/mexicanrev.htm (2577 words)

	Spain.
		The women of Spain have always played a very important part in the social development of the country, and in the growth of the nation.
		The status of woman in Spain, her position and influence in the family and in the government, does not originate only in the gallantry that is always accorded to Spain by people who think of our country with romantic ideas, but is due to the Christian principle that woman is the equal of man.
		But if Spain can present in ancient and modern times as many women celebrated in all branches of human knowledge as any other nation, the true and real character of the Spanish woman is to be a home-maker, a housewife, and a mother.
	digital.library.upenn.edu /women/elliott/art/257.html (826 words)

	Spain and the Reformation - Resources
		Ferdinand of Aragon (1452-1516) and Isabella of Castile (1451-1504), Tomas Oorquemada (1420-1498), Ximenes de Cisneros (1436-1517), 1492, Charles V (1500-1558), Philip 2 of Spain (1527-1598)
		Spain from Ferdinand and Isabella to Philip II and the Revolt in the Netherlands and The Counter Reformation from The World of Renaissance and Reformation in Europe by Bill Gilbert - A good historical account
		Grandson of Ferdinand and raised in the Netherlands, Charles was filled with imperial ambitions and spent his energies struggling with France; the Lutherans and the Turks.
	www.eldrbarry.net /heidel/jesursc.htm (428 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| My Club \| Man Utd \| Ferdinand keen on Spain
		Ferdinand, the world's most expensive defender, has worked with Real coach Carlos Queiroz, who was Sir Alex Ferguson's assistant at Old Trafford.
		Ferdinand told The Sun newspaper: "You only have to look at last season to admit Spain has the best league in Europe.
		Ferdinand lined up for United in the Champions League against Panathinaikos on Tuesday, while Beckham played in Real's win over Olympique Marseille.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/3115432.stm (201 words)

	MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Ferdinand VII of Spain
		MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Ferdinand VII of Spain
		Ferdinand VII, king of Spain, instituted an oppressive reign, revoking the liberal constitution drafted in 1812 and ruling as an absolute monarch.
		He was forced from his throne by French Emperor Napoleon I in 1808 and, in 1820, by his own people, who opposed his harsh rule.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461523219_761575057_-1_1/Ferdinand_VII_of_Spain.html (56 words)

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