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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.
		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)

	Portugal
		Ferdinand (I) the Great, king of Castile, began the reconquest of the northwest of the Iberian peninsula from the Moors in the mid-11th century, a process continued by his son Alfonso VI of Castile-León.
		Portugal's subsequent decline was at least partially due to its adoption of a fanatically orthodox Roman Catholicism, largely under the influence of Spain.
		Portugal then became a battleground in the struggle between the French and the British during the Peninsular War, until the French were finally ousted from Portugal in 1811.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0019843.html (3672 words)

	Portugal - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Portugal
		Ferdinand (I) the Great, king of Castile, began the reconquest of the northwest of the Iberian peninsula from the Moors in the mid-11th century, a process continued by his son Alfonso VI of Castile-León.
		Portugal's subsequent decline was at least partially due to its adoption of a fanatically orthodox Roman Catholicism, largely under the influence of Spain.
		Portugal then became a battleground in the struggle between the French and the British during the Peninsular War, until the French were finally ousted from Portugal in 1811.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Portugal (3750 words)

	Portugal at AllExperts
		Portugal is bordered by Spain to the north and east and by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south.
		Portugal is a democratic republic.The four main organs of Portuguese politics are the President of the Republic, the Assembly of the Republic, the Government, and the Courts.
		Portugal developed an increasingly service-based economy and it was one of the eleven founding countries of the â¬ in 1999 and began circulating the new currency on January 1, 2002 along with eleven other EU members.
	en.allexperts.com /e/p/po/portugal.htm (8634 words)

	FerdinandVI
		Ferdinand had been only a few months old, when his mother died and his father's second wife, Elizabeth Farnese, openly preferred her own children to the sons of her husband's first marriage.
		Ferdinand married at the age of 15 and it was thought by many that he had to sacrifice his feelings to diplomacy in marrying the 17-year-old, pockmarked and extremely corpulent Barbara of Portugal (1711-1758).
		Ferdinand, however, came to be very fond of his wife and by 1732 he depended completely upon her.
	www.geocities.com /henry8jane7/FerdinandVI.html (895 words)

	Ferdinand II of Leon - LoveToKnow 1911
		On the west he was in more or less constant strife with Portugal, which was in process of becoming an independent kingdom.
		Though he took the king of Portugal prisoner in 1180, he made no political use of his success.
		Ferdinand, who died in 1188, left the reputation of a good knight and hard fighter, but did not display political or organizing faculty.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Ferdinand_II_of_Leon (183 words)

	European Voyages of Exploration: The Portuguese Empire
		Although Portugal lacked the wealth and population of its contemporaries, it would lead the European community in the exploration of sea routes to the African continent, the Atlantic Islands, and to Asia and South America over the course of the sixteenth century.
		Portugal was born from this struggle to reconquer Iberia from the Moors.
		Portugal desperately needed strong leadership to continue to fight off the ambitious Castilian king, and in 1385 the Portuguese Cortes proclaimed the 28-year-old Master of Avis as King João I. With the support of his kingdom and his English allies, the young king soundly defeated the Castilians at Aljubarrota, thereby securing Portugal's independence.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/portuguese.html (1090 words)

	Ferdinand I (of Portugal) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Ferdinand I (of Portugal), called The Handsome (1345-1383), king of Portugal (1367-1383).
		Ferdinand I (of Castile and León), called The Great (1005?-65), king of Castile (1035-65) and of León (1037-65); he was the second son of King Sancho...
		Ferdinand II (of Portugal) (1816-85), titular king of Portugal (1836-53).
	encarta.msn.com /Ferdinand_I_(of_Portugal).html (265 words)

	Portugal Tourism: History - SideStep
		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.sidestep.com /travel-info-g10172-t26526-history_portugal (2132 words)

	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
	www.fastload.org /fe/Ferdinand.html (280 words)

	Ferdinand Magellan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ferdinand Magellan was born in Northern Portugal 1480.
		Ferdinand died by a poison arrow in the foot by Sultan of Macton.
		Ferdinand Magellan made the voyage possible because he convinced the teenager king that some of the Spice Islands were in some of the undiscovered world.
	bg016.k12.sd.us /Explorers/ferdinand_magellan.htm (231 words)

	Ferdinand II of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (October 29, 1819 - December 15, 1885) was consort king of Portugal following his marriage to Queen Maria II in 1836.
		He was the son of Ferdinand, a Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and his wife, Princess Maria Antonia of Kohary, a Catholic Hungarian noblewoman.
		Eventually, Maria died in the birth of their eleventh child and Ferdinand had to assume regency because his son King Peter V was only 13 years old.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ferdinand_II_of_Portugal (259 words)

	Ferdinand V and Isabella I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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)

	Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg685 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Leonor of PORTUGAL was born 1328 and died 29 Oct 1348.
		Ferdinand I 'o Gentil' of PORTUGAL was born 31 Oct 1345.
		Beatriz of PORTUGAL was born CIR 1347 and died 5 Jul 1381.
	www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk /maximilia/pafg685.htm (676 words)

	King Ferdinand
		Ferdinand was a rather shy person, but he had a vast culture.
		Ferdinand was born on August 12, 1865 in Sigmaringen (Germany) as son of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern (Carol's brother) and of Princess Antonia (the sister of King Pedro I of Portugal).
		King Ferdinand had to deny Carol his rights as heir of the throne and named Mihai (his nephew) as his successor to the throne.
	home.att.net /~cdsabau/Mihai/english/ferdinanden.html (567 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ferdinand II of Portugal
		TeodÃ³sio of Braganza or TeodÃ³sio of Portugal was a Portuguese Prince son of John IV of Portugal (first king of the House of Braganza) and his wife Luiza de Guzman (LuÃsa de GusmÃ£o).
		Joan of Portugal or Joan of Braganza (Portuguese: Joana) was a Portuguese Princess daughter of John IV, King of Portugal (the first of the House of Braganza) and his wife Luiza de Guzman (LuÃsa de GusmÃ£o).
		Luis I, King of Portugal (October 31, 1838 – October 19, 1889) was the second son of Maria II da Glória and Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ferdinand-II-of-Portugal (1499 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 I of Portugal reinforced the Portuguese-English alliance by signing another treaty and marrying one of John of Gaunt's daughters.
		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)

	Ferdinand I of Romania Summary
		Ferdinand was crowned king of Greater Romania at Alba lulia on Oct. 15, 1922.
		Born in Sigmaringen in southwestern Germany, the originally catholic Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was a son of prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and princess Antonia of Portugal (1845-1913), daughter of Queen Maria II and her consort, Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
		Ferdinand's mother's first cousin Ferdinand I of Bulgaria sat on the throne of the neighboring Bulgaria since 1889 and was to become the greatest opponent of the kingdom of his Romanian cousins.
	www.bookrags.com /Ferdinand_I_of_Romania (1098 words)

	European Explorers: Ferdinand Magellan
		Ferdinand Magellan was born in the spring of 1480, probably in Oporto, Portugal.
		Ferdinand Magellan was one of the greatest explorers of the Renaissance Period.
		Ferdinand de Magellan was born about 1470 of noble parents, and probably spent his boyhood as a page of the Queen of Portugal.
	www.stemnet.nf.ca /CITE/exmagellan.htm (719 words)

	Ferdinand I, king of Portugal — FactMonster.com
		Ferdinand I, 1345–83, king of Portugal (1367–83), son and successor of Peter I. His ambitions and his private life plunged the realm into disaster, although during his reign agricultural reform was achieved and Portuguese commercial power grew.
		After John I succeeded to the throne of Castile, Ferdinand, under the influence of his wife and her lover (the conde de Ourém), resumed the English alliance and engaged (1381–82) in a third humiliating war with Castile.
		It was concluded by the marriage of John with Ferdinand's daughter and heiress, Beatrice.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0818470.html (202 words)

	Ferdinand Magellan
		Ferdinand Magellan was born in about 1480 in Sabrosa of a noble family, and he spent his years as a court page.
		He returned to Portugal in 1512 and in 1513 was stationed in Morocco, where he got wounds that maimed him for life.
		Ferdinand Magellan proved to the world and all those who rejected his ideas that one could circumnavigate the world.
	www.studyworld.com /ferdinand_magellan.htm (647 words)

	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)

	John I of Castile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Before this date he had been engaged in hostilities with Portugal which was in alliance with John of Gaunt.
		His first quarrel with Portugal was settled by his marriage, in 1382, with Beatrice of Portugal, daughter of Ferdinand of Portugal.
		On the death of his father-in-law in 1383, John endeavoured to enforce the claims of his wife, Ferdinand's only child, to the crown of Portugal.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/j/jo/john_i_of_castile.html (265 words)

	Portugal
		Diniz's reign was notable for the termination of the wars between Portugal and the united kingdoms of Leon and Castile, achieved by marriage, and for encouragement of Portuguese agriculture, trade, and arts.
		Ferdinand's reign otherwise was notable for wise legislation designed to advance agriculture, navigation, and the army.
		In 1826 Pedro I of Brazil succeeded to the throne of Portugal as Pedro IV.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/portugal.htm (7374 words)

	European Explorers: Ferdinand Magellan
		Ferdinand Magellan was born in the spring of 1480, probably in Oporto, Portugal.
		Ferdinand Magellan was one of the greatest explorers of the Renaissance Period.
		Ferdinand de Magellan was born about 1470 of noble parents, and probably spent his boyhood as a page of the Queen of Portugal.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/exmagellan.htm (719 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
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06039c.htm (1239 words)

	6. Portugal. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		Reconquest from the Muslims of much of present Portugal by Ferdinand the Great of Leon and Castile.
		Ferdinand organized the territory as a county, with Coimbra as the capital.
		In return, the king of Castile granted him the county of Portugal and gave him the hand of his (illegitimate) daughter, Teresa.
	www.bartleby.com /67/480.html (362 words)

	BBC Sport \| Sport Homepage \| Football \| World Cup 2006 \| Teams \| England \| Ferdinand rejects Scolari 'curse'
		Ferdinand played down the third battle between England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson and the Brazilian who was a World Cup winner with his home country in Japan four years ago.
		Ferdinand said: "I think the main thing is that it is the players who make the difference at the end of the day.
		Ferdinand's England colleague Ashley Cole admitted he was not enjoying the World Cup because of the pressure and the weight of expectation.
	news.bbc.co.uk /solpda/ukfs_sport/hi/newsid_5122000/5122870.stm (499 words)

	CNN.com - Ferdinand appeals eight-month ban - Jan. 19, 2004
		Ferdinand announced on Friday he planned to appeal, and the Football Association confirmed on Monday it had received his appeal.
		Ferdinand is appealing both against the finding and the sentence.
		Ferdinand hopes his suspension will be overturned or reduced to allow him to play for England in this summer's European Championship in Portugal.
	cnn.com /2004/SPORT/football/01/19/united.ferdinand.ap/index.html (238 words)

	Ferdinand of Portugal
		Ferdinand (Fernando), king of Portugal (1345-1383), sometimes referred to as o Formoso (the Beautiful), son of Pedro I of Portugal (who should not to be confused with his Spanish contemporary Pedro the Cruel), succeeded his father in 1367.
		On the death of Pedro of Castile in 1369, Ferdinand, as great grandson of IV of Portugal">Sancho IV[?] by the female line, laid claim to the vacant throne, for which the kings of Aragon and Navarre, and afterwards the duke of Lancaster (married in 1370 to Constance, the eldest daughter of Pedro), also became competitors.
		After one or two indecisive campaigns, all parties were ready to accept the mediation of Pope Gregory XI The conditions of the treaty, ratified in 1371, included a marriage between Ferdinand and Leonora of Castile[?].
	www.termsdefined.net /fe/ferdinand-of-portugal.html (643 words)

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