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Noun: Ferdinand of Aragon
  1. The king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella; his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1452-1516)
    - Ferdinand II of Aragon, Ferdinand, King Ferdinand, Ferdinand V, Ferdinand the Catholic

Type of: king, male monarch, Rex

Encyclopedia: Ferdinand of Aragon

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Ferdinand de Saussure
Ferdinand I
Ferdinand I of Leon
Ferdinand II
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand III
Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton
Ferdinand Julius Cohn
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand of Aragon
Ferdinand the Catholic
Ferdinand the Great
Ferdinand V
Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix
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Ferenc Molnar
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