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Ferdinand II

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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). His father, John II of Aragón, gave him Sicily during his lifetime and left him Aragón when he died. In 1469, Ferdinand married Isabella I of Castile, and in 1474 they assumed joint rule of Castile. Thus, all of Spain except for the Moorish kingdom of Granada became united. The royal couple, known as the Catholic kings, set out with energetic determination to complete the... Read more
Ferdinand II
Encyclopedia of World Biography Ferdinand II Ferdinand II (1810-1859) was king of the Two Sicilies ... Born in Palermo on Jan. 12, 1810, Ferdinand II was the son of the future Francis I ... way. Further Reading Background on Ferdinand II is in Harold Acton, The Last Bourbons ... Read more
Ferdinand V
Encyclopedia of World Biography ... sovereigns of Castile. As Ferdinand II, he was king of Aragon. He ... 1452, at Sos, in Aragon, Ferdinand was the son of John II of Aragon and Juana Enriquez ... Henry IV in 1474. In 1479 John II died, and Ferdinand became king of Aragon as well ... Read more

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