Ferdinand II

noun

1. the Catholic, 1452–1516, founder of the Spanish monarchy 1506: king of Sicily 1468–1516, king of Aragon 1479–1516; as Ferdinand III, king of Naples 1504–16; as Ferdinand V, joint sovereign (with Isabella I) of Castile 1474–1504.
2. 1578–1637, king of Bohemia 1617–19, 1620–37; king of Hungary 1619?–37; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1620–37.

Ferdinand II

noun

1. Ferdinand II15781637MAustrianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1578–1637, Holy Roman Emperor (1619–37); king of Bohemia (1617–19; 1620–37) and of Hungary (1617–37). His anti-Protestant policies led to the Thirty Years' War
2. title as king of Aragon and Sicily of Ferdinand V

Example Sentences

In 1492, Spain’s Catholic monarchs, Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, decreed that Spain’s 200,000-strong Jewish population convert to Christianity or be expelled.

From Seattle Times

Take the old castle, she said, for which the village had been named, but that had been razed by Ferdinand II of Aragón in the time of Columbus.

From New York Times

In 1619, Ferdinand II had become Emperor after Matthias died, and this was the same fervently Catholic Ferdinand who had caused Kepler so much grief in Styria earlier in his career.

From Literature

In a letter to his benefactor King Ferdinand II of Spain, Columbus described his conquest: “I found many islands inhabited by men without number, of all which I took possession . . . no one objecting.”

From Washington Post

Last year, for example, experts announced that secret 500-year-old letters sent by King Ferdinand II of Aragon to one of his military commanders have finally been deciphered.

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