Ferdinand I

[ fur-dn-and; German fer-di-nahnt ]

noun

1. Spanish Fernando I. Ferdinand the Great, died 1065, king of Castile 1033–65, king of Navarre and Leon 1037–65; emperor of Spain 1056–65.
2. 1503–64, king of Bohemia and Hungary 1526–64; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1558–64 (brother of Emperor Charles V).
3. Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria, 1861–1948, king of Bulgaria 1908–18.

Ferdinand I

/ ˈfɜːdɪˌnænd /

noun

1. Ferdinand I?10161065MSpanishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler known as Ferdinand the Great. ?1016–65, king of Castile (1035–65) and León (1037–65): achieved control of the Moorish kings of Saragossa, Seville, and Toledo
2. Ferdinand I15031564MHungarianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1503–64, king of Hungary and Bohemia (1526–64); Holy Roman Emperor (1558–64), bringing years of religious warfare to an end
3. Ferdinand I17511825MItalianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1751–1825, king of the Two Sicilies (1816–25); king of Naples (1759–1806; 1815–25), as Ferdinand IV, being dispossessed by Napoleon (1806–15)
4. Ferdinand I17931875MAustrianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1793–1875, king of Hungary (1830–48) and emperor of Austria (1835–48); abdicated after the Revolution of 1848 in favour of his nephew, Franz Josef I
5. Ferdinand I18611948MBulgarianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1861–1948, ruling prince of Bulgaria (1887–1908) and tsar from 1908 until his abdication in 1918
6. Ferdinand I18651927MRomanianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1865–1927, king of Romania (1914–27); sided with the Allies in World War I

Example Sentences

His gift was a piece of parchment: the original 1551 proclamation, signed by the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, requiring Jews to attach to their garments a yellow circle.

From Washington Post

A ceremonial suit of arms made for Ferdinand I, the Holy Roman Emperor, is minutely etched all over and has a likeness of the Madonna and Child on the breastplate.

From New York Times

When he was shipwrecked off Italy en route home from Egypt, he was imprisoned by the Bourbon king, Ferdinand I of Naples and Sicily.

From The Guardian

For the Grand Duke Ferdinand I. of Florence, Rubens painted several pictures, among them a "Hercules between Venus and Minerva."

From Project Gutenberg

This territory was divided into several petty kingdoms, or counties, the principal of which, at the time of our hero's birth, were united under Ferdinand I., the founder of the kingdom of Castile.

From Project Gutenberg