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Ferdinand II [b] (10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), called Ferdinand the Catholic, was King of Aragon from 1479 until his death in 1516. As the husband and co-ruler of Queen Isabella I of Castile , he was also King of Castile from 1475 to 1504 (as Ferdinand V ).
Ferdinand I (Spanish: Fernando I; 27 November 1380 – 2 April 1416 in Igualada, Òdena) named Ferdinand of Antequera and also the Just (or the Honest) was king of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia and (nominal) Corsica and king of Sicily, duke (nominal) of Athens and Neopatria, and count of Barcelona, Roussillon and Cerdanya (1412–1416).
Ferdinand I of Aragon takes the city in the Battle of Antequera, the first such victory against the Muslims in fifty years. [469] (Date unknown). Álvaro de Luna becomes key advisor to John II of Castile. [470] 1411 (Date unknown). The sixth Siege of Gibraltar leaves the territory under Granadan control. [471] 1412. 3 September. Ferdinand I of ...
Isabella succeeded to the throne of Castile in 1474 when Ferdinand was still heir-apparent to Aragon, and with Aragon's aid, Isabella's claim to the throne was secured. As Isabella's husband was king of Castile by his marriage and his father still ruled in Aragon, Ferdinand spent more time in Castile than Aragon at the beginning of their marriage.
The following is the family tree of the Spanish monarchs starting from Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon till the present day. The former kingdoms of Aragon (see family tree), Castile (see family tree) and Navarre (see family tree) were independent kingdoms that unified in 1469 as personal union, with the marriage of the Catholic Monarchs, to become the Kingdom of Spain (de ...
One of Ferdinand's successors, John II of Aragon (1458–1479), countered residual Catalan resistance by arranging for his heir, Ferdinand, to marry Isabella, the heir presumptive of Henry IV of Castile. [7] In 1479, upon John II's death, the crowns of Aragon and Castile were united to form the nucleus of modern Spain.
Catherine has remained a popular biographical subject to the present day. The American historian Garrett Mattingly was the author of a popular biography Katherine of Aragon in 1942. In 1966, Catherine and her many supporters at court were the subjects of Catherine of Aragon and her Friends, a biography by John E. Paul.
She was the lover of King Ferdinand II of Aragon before his marriage to Princess Isabella I of Castille. Her and Ferdinand's son, Alonso de Aragón , was Ferdinand's only son to outlive himself and his only extramarital son, and was the abbot of the Monastery of Montearagón from 1492 to 1520, Archbishop of Zaragoza , Archbishop of Valencia ...