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Definitions of ferdinand in various dictionaries:
noun - the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella
FERDINAND - Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements frith "protection" , frið "peace" (PIE pri to love, to make peace) or alternatively farð "...
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| This king of Castile & Aragon was known as "The Catholic" |
| After Isabella died, he married teenaged Germaine de Foix in 1505 |
| Maybe Columbus was trying to butter up this king when he gave his son the same name in 1488 |
| This Spanish king married Queen Isabella in 1469 & sent Columbus off to America in 1492 |
| Machiavelli was a big fan of this king of Aragon born in 1452 |
| This king of Aragon was so consummate a politician he was a model for Machiavelli's "The Prince" |
| In 1506, 2 years after the death of his wife Isabella, this King of Aragon married Germaine de Foix |
| In 1488 this king of Spain sent 100 Moorish slaves to Pope Innocent VIII who gave them as gifts to Cardinals |
| Isabella I |
| This fictional bull would rather smell the flowers than fight any day |
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| Of Aragon (14521516), king of Castile 14741516 and of Aragon 14791516 known as Ferdinand the Catholic. His marriage to Isabella of Castile in 1469 ensured his accession (as Ferdinand V) to the throne of Castile with her. Ferdinand subsequently succeeded to the throne of Aragon (as Ferdinand II) and was joined as monarch by Isabella. They instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported Columbus's expedition in 1492. Their capture of Granada from the Moors in the same year effectively united Spain as one country. |
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| Ferdinand, Bacau, ROMANIA |
| Ferdinand, Caras-Severin, ROMANIA |
| Ferdinand, INDIANA, UNITED STATES |
| Ferdinand, Montana, BULGARIA |
| Ferdinand, IDAHO, UNITED STATES |
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Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements frith "protection" , frið "peace" (PIE pri to love, to make peace) or alternatively farð "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic *farthi, abstract noun from root *far- "to fare, travel" (PIE par "to lead, pass over"), and nanth "courage" or nand "ready, prepared" related to Old High German nendan "to risk, venture." * The name was adopted in Romance languages from its use in the Visigothic Kingdom. It is reconstructed as either Gothic Ferdinanths or Frithunanths. * It became popular in German-speaking Europe only from the 16th century, with Habsburg rule over Spain. * Variants of the name include Fernán, Fernando, Hernando, and Hernán in Spanish, Ferran in Catalan, and Fernando and Fernão in Portuguese. * The French forms are Ferrand, Fernand, and Fernandel, and it is Ferdinando and Fernando in Italian. In Hungarian both Ferdinánd and Nándor are used equally. * There are numerous hypocorisms or short forms in many languages, such the Finnish |