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  Ferdinand V - MSN Encarta
Ferdinand V, called The Catholic (1452­1516), king of Castile (1474­1504); as Ferdinand II he was also king of Sicily (1468­1516) and of Aragon (1479­1516); as Ferdinand III...
Ferdinand V is the name of: Ferdinand V of Castile, the Catholic (1452-1516, king of Castile 1474-1504) (= Ferdinand II of Aragon 1479-1516 and of Sicily 1468-1516) (= Ferdinand...
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).
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  Ferdinand
Ferdinand I of Austria - 1793-1875; became emperor 1835.
Ferdinand IV, Archduke of Austria, duke of Modena.
Ferdinand of Austria, Cardinal-Infante of Spain[?] - 1618-1641
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 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg168 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Ferdinand II of LEÓN [Parents] was born 1137.
Ferdinand married Urraca of PORTUGAL Princess on 1165.
Urraca married Ferdinand II of LEÓN on 1165.
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 Ferdinand I of Castile - LoveToKnow 1911
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.
The then king of Seville, Motadhid, one of the small princes who had divided the caliphate of Cordova, was himself a sceptic and poisoner, but he stood in wholesome awe of the power of the x.
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 RAUL N. LONGORIA'S GENEALOGY DATABASE
Enrique of Castile (Infant of Castile) was born in 1288.
Ferdinand II and Isabella, known as the Catholic Kings, united Aragon, Castille and Leon and finally succeeded in unifying all of Spain after conquering the Moorish stronghold of Granada in 1492.
Alfonso V, John II of Aragon (KING OF ARAGON and NAVARRO), Enrique of Aragon (Duke of Villena), Pietro di Noto (Duke of Noto), Sancho of Aragon.
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 Luminarium Encyclopedia: Ferdinand II of Aragon.
FERDINAND V of Castile and Leon, and II of Aragon, was the son of John I of Aragon by his second marriage with Joanna Henriquez, of the family of the hereditary grand admirals of Castile, and was born at Sos in Aragon on the 16th of March 1452.
But though Ferdinand had sought a selfish political advantage at his wife's expense, he was well aware of her ability and high character.
Ferdinand died at Madrigalejo in Estremadura on the 23rd of February 1516.
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It is, however, known that, after having fought with Ramiro II against the Arabs, and after the battle of Simancas and the retreat of Abdérraman, this count, dissatisfied, as it appears, because the King of Leon distributed his troops in the frontier towns, rose in rebellion against him.
Ferdinand I, of Castile, united Castile and Leon, the latter having fallen to his wife upon the death of her brother, Bermudo III.
John II disturbed the peace of his reign by the unjust persecution of his son the Prince of Viana, and at his death was succeeded by Ferdinand the Catholic, who by his marriage to Isabella the Catholic definitively united the Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon.
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 Ferdinand II of Leon - LoveToKnow 1911
On the division of the kingdoms which had obeyed his father, he received Leon.
His reign of thirty years was one of strife marked by no signal success or reverse.
Ferdinand, who died in 1188, left the reputation of a good knight and hard fighter, but did not display political or organizing faculty.
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 Ferdinand II - FREE Ferdinand II Biography | Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
Ferdinand II 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).
Ferdinand's death in 1564 his younger son, Ferdinand II, was appointed governor of Tyrol and the...
Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain 1474-1516 a re-assessment.
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 Spanish and Portugese Reconquest
The two captives purchased their release by surrendering many of Gerald's captured towns either to Ferdinand II or to Yûsuf; the latter was now free to march off to the east, where in 1171 he decisively defeated Ibn-Mardanîsh and, after the latter's death in 1172, annexed Murcia and Valencia to his domains.
Ferdinand III's solemn entry into the fallen city, preceded by the affixing of the cross and the royal standard to the minaret of the famed caliphal mosque, can be taken as inaugurating the rapid downfall of Islamic power in Andalusia and Murcia.
In 1246 Ferdinand's warriors began by raiding Carmona on the Cordova-Seville highway and by storming the stronghold of Alcalá de Guadaira southeast of Seville.
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 Hammer - aqwg52   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ferdinand married Urraca Affonsez Princess PORTUGAL [QUEEN OF LEON]/ on 1160 in,, Leon, Spain.
Urraca Affonsez Princess PORTUGAL [QUEEN OF LEON]/ was born 1151 in Of, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Phillipp II Emperor GERMANY was born 1177/1181 in Of,, SWABIA, Germany.
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 History of Castile and Leon - IBWiki
A revived movement for the Christian unification of Spain was capitalized when Ferdinand II of Aragon secretly married Isabel, half-sister of Enriquue IV, but the succession of Castile and Leon falled over Isabel's brother Alfonso.
Alfonso XII of Castile and Leon and Ferdinand II of Aragon still joined a final effort to invade Granada, expulse the Jews and forcefully convert the Moors.
These effects, combined with the expulsion of Castile and Leon's most economically vital classes in the late 15th century (the Jews and the Moors), caused Castile and Leon's economy to collapse several times in the 16th century, bringing the Golden Age of Castile and Leon to a close.
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 Ferdinand V and Isabella I   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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.
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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 Berg & Frank Families - Person Page 70
Ferdinand married Johanna of Ponthieu (?), Countess Aumale in 1237.
Ferdinand II, King of Leon was the son of Alfonzo VII Raimundez, Emperor, Count of Castile and Berengar Berenguela of Barcelona.
Bergenger II of Ivrea, King of Italy was the son of Adalbert of Ivrea, Count and Margrave of Ivrea and Ermengarda of Tuscany.
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 Ferdinand II, king of Aragon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07
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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 King Ferdinand II Alfonsez of Leon - Amariah the Levite
King Ferdinand II Alfonsez of Leon was born in 1137 in of Castile, Spain.
Bishop Hamon of Leon Parents: Hervey the Breton of Brittany and [unknown] of England.
Children were: King Sancho II of Castile, King Garcia of Galicia, King Alfonso VI of Leon and Castile.
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 Ferdinand II of Aragon Summary
Ferdinand II the Catholic (Spanish: Fernando de Aragón "el Católico", Catalan: Ferran d'Aragó "el Catòlic") (March 10, 1452 – June 23, 1516) was king of Aragon (1479-1516), Castile, Sicily (1468-1516), Naples (1504-1516), Valencia, Sardinia and Navarre and Count of Barcelona.
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 is entombed in the Capilla Real of Granada, alongside his wife, his daughter Joanna and her husband Philip, and his grandson Miguel.
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 Ferdinand II of Leon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
January 22, 1188) was the son of Alfonso VII of Castile and León and of Berenguela, of the House of Barcelona, and king of León from 1157 to his death.
His father divided his kingdom upon his death, with Ferdinand receiving León and Sancho receiving Castile.
Ferdinand, who died in 1188, left the reputation of a good knight and hard fighter, but did not display political or organising faculty.
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 Ferdinand II, King of Aragón - Timeline Index
Ferdinand II 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).
Catherine of Aragon was born in Aragon, Spain and her parents were King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castille.
Philip II, king of Spain and Portugal, was born at Valladolid, the only son of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V and Isabella of Portugal.
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 Ancestors of George Collie Robison - pafg229 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Ferdinand II Alfonsez LEON was born about 1137 in Of,, CASTILE, SPAIN.
Ferdinand married Urraca Affonsez Princess PORTUGAL [QUEEN OF LEON]/ on 1160 in,, Leon, SPAIN.
Urraca Affonsez Princess PORTUGAL [QUEEN OF LEON]/ was born 1151 in Of, Coimbra, Coimbra, PORTUGAL.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Castile and Aragon
Leon (924) was defeated by the troops of
II disturbed the peace of his reign by the unjust persecution of his son the
Leon, with the University of Salamanca and a centre of secondary instruction at
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 The Internet Classroom [Science Proficiency, Biology, French, and Spanish]
Ferdinand and Isabella succeeded as joint sovereigns to the throne of Castile on the death of Isabella's half brother Henry IV in December of 1474.
-Catherine of Aragón Ferdinand and Isabella’s youngest daughter, born Dec. 15, 1485, was Catherine of Aragón.
Phillip II -Catherine of Aragón Catherine’s nephew was Charles V, son of her sister, Juana la loca.
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 AllRefer.com - Ferdinand II, king of AragOn (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Ferdinand II, king of AragOn, Spanish And Portuguese History, Biographies
Ferdinand II or Ferdinand the Catholic, 1452–1516, king of AragOn (1479–1516), king of Castile and LeOn (as Ferdinand V, 1474–1504), king of Sicily (1468–1516), and king of Naples (1504–16).
His father, John II of AragOn, gave him Sicily during his lifetime and left him AragOn when he died.
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 Ferdinand II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ferdinand II of Aragon, the Catholic (1452-1516, king of Aragon from 1479, of Sicily from 1468) (=Ferdinand V of Castille 1474-1504) (=Ferdinand III of Naples 1504-1516)
Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria, Regent of Tyrol and Further Austria, 1529-1595, ruled from 1564
Ferdinand II of Germany (1578-1637, emperor from 1619)
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 Louis-Ferdinand Céline
After World War II he was accused of collaborating with the Nazis and only his literary fame saved him from imprisonment.
It continued the story of Ferdinand, but returned to his childhood memoirs, his violent father and his mother, who suffered from polio and earned living for the family as a saleswoman.
At the outbreak of World War II Céline served as a volunteer doctor on a French naval vessel, the Shella, which was sunk by a Nazi submarine.
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 29TH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: )
King Fernando II of LEON died in 1188 in Leon - reign from 1157.
He was born in Leon - son of Alfonso VII.
She died in 1178 in Leon - wife of Ferdinand II.
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 Ferdinand II (of León) - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ferdinand II (of León) (1137-1188), King of León (1157-1188).
He was the second son of Alfonso II, King of Castile, who was also King of León as...
Ferdinand III (of Castile and León), called The Saint (1199-1252), King of Castile (1217-1252) and of León (1230-1252); he was the son of King Alfonso...
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 29th Generation (cont.)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Alfonso Raimundez II, Count of Barcelona and King of Aragon was born 4 Apr 1152 in Villa Mayor De Valle, Aragon, Spain and married 18 Jan 1174 in Saragosa (Zaragoza) or Aragon, Spain.
Alfonso Ramírez VII, King of Leon and Castile "Alfonso The Emperor" was born circa 1104.
He was the king of Leon and Castile from 1126 to 1157, son of Raymond of Burgundy and the grandson of Alfonso VI, whose imperial title he assumed.
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 700000 people connected with European Royalty
Duke Ferdinand Of Anhalt Kothen and Princess Luise Of Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Ferdinand I King of Castile, born 1016/18, Spain; died 27 Dec 1065, Leon, Spain; King of Castile 1033-1065; Killed in Battle.
Ferdinand is also demonstrating that he is not trying to force the Moslems to change their religion.
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 1180
Afonso I of Portugal is taken prisoner by Ferdinand II of Leon
England - Henry II Curt Mantle, King of England (reigned 1154 - 1189).
France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223).
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