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Wedding portrait of Ferdinand and Isabella. The latter part of Ferdinand's life was largely taken up with disputes with successive kings of France over control of Italy, the Italian Wars. In 1494, Charles VIII of France invaded Italy and expelled Alfonso II, who was Ferdinand's first cousin once removed and step nephew, from the throne of Naples.
17th-century portrait paintings of men, with Not identified, Unspecified, Unmentioned, Unattributed, Unknown or Anonymous artists. Title Portrait of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578-1637)
The Catholic Monarchs [a] [b] were Queen Isabella I of Castile (r. 1474–1504) [1] and King Ferdinand II of Aragon (r. 1479–1516), whose marriage and joint rule marked the de facto unification of Spain. [2]
Portrait of Ferdinand by F. Martorell, 1844. Between 1848 and 1851, the policies of King Ferdinand caused many to go into exile. Meanwhile, an estimated 2,000 suspected revolutionaries or dissidents were jailed.
Born in the castle in Graz on 9 July 1578, Ferdinand was the son of Charles II, Archduke of Austria, and Maria of Bavaria. [1] Charles II, who was the youngest son of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, had inherited the Inner Austrian provinces—Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Gorizia, Fiume, Trieste and parts of Istria and Friuli—from his father in 1564. [2]
Ferdinand II around age 24, standing next to a bust of King Pedro IV, c. 1840 According to Portuguese law, the husband of a queen regnant could only be titled king after the birth of an heir from that marriage; this was the reason Maria II's first husband, Auguste de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg , never acquired the title of king.
Portrait Coat of arms Name Reign Relationship with predecessor(s) Title Prince Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies: 27 December 1894 26 May 1934 • Brother of King Francis II Count of Caserta Prince Ferdinand Pius of Bourbon-Two Sicilies: 26 May 1934 7 January 1960 • 1st Son of Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta Duke of Calabria
A posthumous portrait of Maria Isabel of Portugal in front of the Prado, whose building she led.. The Spanish royal collection of art was almost entirely built up by the monarchs of the Habsburg family who ruled Spain from 1516 to 1700, and then the Bourbons (1700–1868, with a brief interruption).