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	Royal Family of Europe - pafg172 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Ferdinand II OF PORTUGAL [Parents] was born in 1816 in Germany.
		Mary II OF PORTUGAL was born in 1819 in Portugal.
		Louis OF PORTUGAL was born in 1838 in,, Portugal.
	www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg172.htm (726 words)

	Portugal - LoveToKnow 1911
		The climate of Portugal is equable and temperate.
		In 1095 Portugal was an obscure border fief of the kingdom of Leon.
		Ferdinand was his son-in-law, and was probably disposed to leniency by the imminence of a Moorish invasion in which Portugal could render useful assistance.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Portugal (15866 words)

	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.
		Portugal was the pioneer of transoceanic navigation, discovering lands and sea routes formerly unknown to Europeans, and starting trades and commercial routes that linked Europe to other continents in a totally unprecedented fashion.
		Portugal kept most of its positions both in Africa and America, and this part of the world was to acquire extreme importance in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
	eh.net /encyclopedia/article/amaral.portugal (9498 words)

	Ferdinand II of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (October 29, 1816 - December 15, 1885) was consort king of Portugal and Algarves following his marriage to Queen Maria II in 1836.
		Ferdinand married to Maria, Queen-regnant of Portugal, daughter of Peter I of Brazil (IV of Portugal).
		Married Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Singmaringen and was the mother of King Ferdinand I of Romania.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ferdinand_II_of_Portugal (522 words)

	Ferdinand V and Isabella I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		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.
	www.sonhex.dk /fandi.htm (617 words)

	Ferdinand II - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		FERDINAND II [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).
		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.
		Ferdinand II The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church; 1/1/2000; E. 122 words
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-ferdi2a1ra.html (704 words)

	End of Europe's Middle Ages - New Monarchies: Portugal
		The continual disputation of succession was exacerbated by the policy of intermarriage between the royal houses of Portugal and Castile that was initiated by Diniz of Portugal (1261-1325) and Ferdinand IV of Castile and León (1286?-1312) to end the wars between their two kingdoms.
		John II the Perfect (1455-1495) acted as regent between 1475 and 1477 when his father was at war with Castile and became king following Alfonso V's death in 1381.
		Portuguese navigators explored the west coast of Africa during John II's reign and the importance of Iberian explorations is evidenced in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/monarchies5.html (634 words)

	Portugal : In Depth : History \| Frommers.com
		The Lusitanian (ancient Portugal was known as Lusitania) leader, Viriatus, looms large in Portuguese history as a freedom fighter who held up the Roman advance; he died about 139 B.C. The Romans were ultimately unstoppable, however, and by the time of Julius Caesar, Portugal had been integrated into the Roman Empire.
		During the reign of Pedro's son, Ferdinand I (1367-73), Castilian forces invaded Portugal, Lisbon was besieged, and the dynasty faced demise.
		Portugal took a major leap in 1999 when it became part of the euro community, adopting a single currency along with other European nations such as Spain, Italy, Germany, and France.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/portugal/0235020044.html (2175 words)

	Portugal
		Portugal is bordered by Spain to the north and east and by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south.
		Because Philip II of Spain was the son of a Portuguese princess, the Spanish ruler became Philip I of Portugal in 1580.
		Portugal was recognized as a kingdom with its own king by Leon in 1143 and by the Pope in 1179.
	www.keywordmage.net /po/portugal.html (5152 words)

	Courtly lives - The Wettin Dynasty
		Marie was the daughter of Karl (VI) or Karoly III of Hungary 1711/Karel II of Cechy 1711-1740.
		a cousin of Prince Albert's Ferdinand, married Queen Maria II da Gloria (1826-1828, 1834-1853) of Portugal (in 1836) and became king consort as Ferdinand II of Portugal.
		Ferdinand married Marie (died in 1899), daughter of Roberto 1 of Parma.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/Wettin.html (784 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Blessed Ferdinand
		He was one of five sons, his mother being Philippa, daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and his father King John I, known in history for his victories over the Moors and in particular for his conquest of Ceuta, a powerful Moorish stronghold, and his establishment of an episcopal see within its walls.
		Of Ferdinand's companions, four shortly afterwards followed him to the grave, one joined the ranks of the Moors, and the others regained their liberty after Lazurac's death.
		One of the latter, João Alvarez, his secretary and biographer, carried his heart to Portugal in 1451, and in 1473 his body was brought to Portugal, and laid to rest in the royal vault at Batalha amid imposing ceremonies.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06039c.htm (1283 words)

	Chapter 13: The Individuality of Portugal
		It was in 1295 that King Diniz of Portugal essentially established the present eastern boundaries of Portugal, with one exception.
		Portugal was given the opportunity of consolidating its territory under the leadership of the court at Lisbon, which became the center of political balance in the country.
		Portugal established a well-rooted and ultimately prosperous agriculture in the southern lands taken from the Moslems.
	libro.uca.edu /stanislawski/Chap13.htm (2855 words)

	The Spanish and Portuguese Conquest of the Americas
		King John II of Portugal was not satisfied with this division, which he felt jeaprodized Portuguese interests in the South Atlantic so he negotiated a treaty with Ferdinand and Isabella 270 leagues (930 miles) farther to the west.
		Ferdinand got basically the Holy Roman Empire and founded the Austrian branch of the Habsburgs and Philip got Spain and its Empire and the Low Countries, what is now Belgium and the Netherlands.
		Later the throne of Portugal was vacated by the death of the king and Philip successful claimed the throne of Portugal on the basis of his mother rights.
	www.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/theconquest.htm (1167 words)

	Portugal History & Portugal Culture \| iExplore.com
		Portugal was governed for two years by a leftist military junta led by members of the Movimento das Forcas Armadas, the instigators of the revolution, while civilian politicians re-emerged and crystallised around the Socialist and Communist Parties and the right-wing Partido Popular Democratico.
		Portugal has been a member of NATO since its inception in 1949 and a member of the EC, now the EU, since 1986.
		Portugal is a relatively contented participant in the post-Maastricht integration process, and joined the European Monetary Union at the beginning of 1999.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Portugal/History (1839 words)

	Maria II — Infoplease.com
		Peter V, king of Portugal - Peter V, 1837–61, king of Portugal (1853–61), eldest son and successor of Maria II.
		Louis I, king of Portugal - Louis I, 1838–89, king of Portugal (1861–89), son of Maria II and Ferdinand II.
		Ferdinand II, king consort of Portugal - Ferdinand II, 1816–85, king consort of Portugal (1837–53).
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0831797.html (442 words)

	The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Portugal
		Sparks of Portugal’s past can be found in the remote mountain villages, where the some of the last remaining Marrano communities can still be found practicing Jewish rituals behind closed doors, fear of persecutions still looming.
		King Joao II of Portugal allowed them to enter because he was preparing for war against the Moors and wanted to take advantage of their wealth and expertise in weapon-making.
		Following the revolution in Portugal in 1974 and the ensuing unrest, about half of Portugal’s Jewish population left the country and immigrated to Israel, Brazil, Canada and the U.S. Today there are about 600 Jews living in Portugal, as well as a Marrano community numbering close to 100 individuals.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/Portugal.html (3512 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Isabella I
		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.
		This was the case at the siege of Malaga, and at that of Baza, where the stern usages of war did not hinder the Moorish leader, Cid Hiaya, from displaying his chivalry towards the queen.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08177a.htm (1925 words)

	Royal Family of Europe - pafg05 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Prince Of SAXE was born on 21 Nov 1751 in Coburg, S-C-Gt, Thrn.
		Ferdinand August Heinrich, Prince Of SAXE was born on 12 Apr 1756 in Coburg, S-C-Gt, Thrn.
		Ferdinand II OF PORTUGAL was born in 1816.
	www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg05.htm (3618 words)

	The Periphery of Francia: Spain, Britain, Eastern Europe, & Scandinavia
		Ferdinand II of Aragón (1479-1516) becomes Ferdinand V of Castile and of Spain (united with his marriage to Isabella I of Castile).
		Ferdinand I's Kingdom of Castile and León was divided between his three sons: Sancho II received Castile, Alfonso VI, León, and a new Kingdom of Galicia was broken off León for García.
		Teobaldo II The marriage of Blanca of Navarre to Theobald of Champagne means that for a while the Counts of Champagne become the Kings of Navarre.
	www.friesian.com /perifran.htm (11158 words)

	Jewish Portugal
		When the kingdom of Portugal was formed, in the 12th century, there were already a number of important Jewish communities in several cities reconquered by the Christians.
		The crisis culminated in the establishment of the Avis dynasty and the accession of Joao I to the throne.
		Nevertheless, if this was the golden age of the Jewish community in Portugal, when crucially important contributions were made to the development of the county at the economic, cultural and scientific level, it was also a period during which the first, major social tensions between Jews and Christians were to appear.
	www.isjm.org /country/portugal.htm (1583 words)

	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).
		Isabella of Castile, who helped unify Spain via a dynastic marriage with Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469, was a master of propaganda to secure her rule.
		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.
	www.timelineindex.com /content/view/1100 (423 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 1474, he was made king of Aragón, and so became King Ferdinand II of Aragón, and in 1479, he became King Ferdinand V of Castile and León.
		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.
	goofy313g.free.fr /calisota_online/exist/ferdinandV.html (474 words)

	Royalty.nu - The History of Portugal - Portuguese Royalty
		King Dinis of Portugal and the Alfonsine Heritage by Sheila R. Ackerlind.
		From earliest times to Portugal's first empire in South America, and to its decline in the early 19th century before the rise of its third empire in Africa.
		Frommer's Portugal by Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/Portugal.html (859 words)

	PlanetPapers - Ferdinand Magellan
		Ferdinand Magellan was born in 1480, in a stone farm house in Portugal.
		Ferdinand and his brother and sister had to help the tenants (people that rented and farmed the land), raise the animals and harvest the crops.
		At the age of twelve, he was sent to live at the court of Queen Leonora and John II of Portugal.
	www.planetpapers.com /Assets/741.php (1132 words)

	Historical Flags (Thuringia, Germany)
		In 1423, Frederick the Warlike of Meissen was granted Saxony and became (1425) elector of Saxony as Frederick I. The Wettin holdings were repeatedly subdivided.
		From the branch of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha the Belgian, the English, and the Bulgarian dynasties were descended through, respectively, Leopold I of the Belgians, Prince Albert (consort of Queen Victoria), and Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria.
		A cousin of Prince Albert married Queen Maria II of Portugal and became king consort as Ferdinand II of Portugal.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/de-th_hi.html (516 words)

	AllRefer.com - Maria II (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Maria II (Maria da GlOria), 1819–53, queen of Portugal (1834–53), daughter of Peter IV (Pedro I of Brazil).
		Pedro, having succeeded to the Portuguese throne on the death (1826) of his father, John VI, granted a constitutional charter to the Portuguese and then abdicated in favor of Maria.
		Maria married (1836) Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Ferdinand II of Portugal).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Maria2.html (325 words)

	Saints of June 5
		In 718, he went to Pope Saint Gregory II in Rome, who commissioned Wilfrid to preach to the pagans in Germany and changed Wilfrid's name to Boniface.
		Ferdinand, son of King John I of Portugal and his queen, Philippa, daughter of John of Gaunt, was unusually pious for a prince in that age.
		Emperor Saint Henry II appointed his relative Meinwerk to the bishopric of Paderborn in 1009.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0605.htm (1898 words)

	Ferdinand II, king consort of Portugal — FactMonster.com
		Ferdinand II, king consort of Portugal — FactMonster.com
		Ferdinand II Ferdinand II, 1816–85, king consort of Portugal (1837–53).
		The eldest son of Ferdinand, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, he married Maria II (Maria da Glória) of Portugal in 1836.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0818471.html (116 words)

	Defenestrations of Prague Biography,info
		Protestants, who claimed that it was royal (not Catholic Church) land and thus available for their own use, interpreted this as a violation of the right of freedom of religious expression as granted in the Letter of Majesty issued by Emperor Rudolf II in 1609.
		An English translation of part of Slavata's report of the incident is printed in Henry Frederick Schwarz, The Imperial Privy Council in the Seventeenth Century (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1943, issued as volume LIII of Harvard Historical Studies), pp.
		Descendants of those defenestrated include Ferdinand II of Portugal, Sophie Chotek, and Johann Josef I, Prince of Liechtenstein.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Defenestrations_of_Prague (696 words)

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