Ferdinand ii of aragon biography of nancy

Ferdinand II the Catholic (Spanish: Fernando V de Castilla, 10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516) was king of Aragon (1479–1516), Castile, Sicily (1468–1516), Naples (1504–1516), Valencia, Sardinia and Navarre and Count of Barcelona.

Ferdinand ii of aragon biography of nancy

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Biography

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Ferdinand was the son of John II of Aragon by his second wife, the Aragonese noblewoman Juana Enriquez.

He married Infanta Isabella, the sister by a different mother of Henry IV of Castile, on 19 October 1469 in Ocaña. He became Ferdinand V of Castile when Isabella succeeded her brother as Queen of Castile in 1474.

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The two young monarchs had to begin with a civil war against Juana, princess of Castile (also known as Juana la Beltraneja), who claimed to be the daughter of Henry IV. They won. Ferdinand succeeded his father as King of Aragon in 1479.

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