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'''Ferdinand the Catholic''' ({{lang-es|Fernando II de Aragón y V de Castilla "el Católico"}}, {{lang-ca|Ferran II d'Aragó "el Catòlic"}}, {{lang-an|Ferrando II d'Aragón "lo Catolico"}}; [[March 10]], [[1452]] – [[January 23]], [[1516]]) was King of [[Crown of Aragon|Aragon]] (1479–1516), [[Kingdom of Sicily|Sicily]] (1468–1516), [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]] (1504–1516), [[Kingdom of Valencia|Valencia]], [[Kingdom of Sardinia|Sardinia]], and [[Kingdom of Navarre|Navarre]], [[Count of Barcelona]], ''de [[jure uxoris]]'' [[King]] of [[Crown of Castile|Castile]] (1474-1504) and then Regent (and true ruler) of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of his mentally unstable daughter [[Joanna the Mad]].

==Biography==
===Acquiring titles===
Ferdinand was born in [[Sos del Rey Católico]], and was the son of [[John II of Aragon]] (whose family was a cadet branch of the [[House of Trastámara]]) by his second wife, [[Juana Enríquez]]. He married [[Isabella of Castile|Infanta Isabella]], the half-sister and heiress of [[Henry IV of Castile]], on 19 October 1469 in [[Valladolid]] and became ''[[jure uxoris]]'' King of Castile when Isabella succeeded her brother as Queen of Castile in 1474. Isabel also belonged to the royal [[House of Trastámara]]. Married under the joint motto, [[Tanto monta, monta tanto, Isabel como Fernando|tanto monta, monta tanto]], the two young monarchs were initially obliged to fight a civil war against [[Joan, princess of Castile]] (also known as Juana la Beltraneja), the purported daughter of Henry IV, and were swiftly successful. When Ferdinand succeeded his father as King of Aragon in 1479, the Crown of Castile and the various territories of the Crown of Aragon were united in a personal union creating for the first time since the 8th century a single political unit referred to as ''[[Spain|España]] (Spain)'', the root of which is the ancient name ''[[Hispania]]'', although the various states were not formerly administered as a single unit until the 18th century, but rather, as separate political units under the same Crown.

The first decade of Ferdinand and Isabella's joint rule were taken up with the conquest of the [[Granada#Moorish Kingdom of Granada|Kingdom of Granada]], the last Arab-Muslim state in the Iberian peninsula, which was completed by 1492. In that same year, the [[Alhambra Decree]] was issued, expelling all [[Jews]] from both Castile and Aragon, and [[Christopher Columbus]] was sent by the couple on his expedition (ostensibly bound for east Asia) which resulted in the European arrival in the America. By the [[Treaty of Tordesillas]] of 1494, the extra-European world was split between the crowns of Portugal and Castile by a north-south line through the [[Atlantic Ocean]].

Violating the treaty that they had signed with the former King of Granada, which guaranteed religious freedom for Muslims, they forced all Muslims in their dominions to convert to Christianity or else be expelled. The only Muslims that remained were architects, who had designed the Alhambra Palace in Granada. The Muslims who remained discreet, were kidnapped by Spanish inquisitors, and were told to eat a piece of pork. This was also practiced by the Spanish inquisitors on the Jewish population of Spain. The Muslims or Jews who failed to eat pork were expelled from Spain or tortured until they converted to Christianity. The main architect behind the Spanish Inquisition was King Ferdinand II of Aragon. He had over 10,000 Arabic manuscripts burnt in Granada alone. Another task undertook by King Ferdinand II of Aragon was to convert the great mosque of Cordoba into a church, by carving out the dome of the mosque.

[[File:Fernando e Isabel.jpg|thumb|left|Wedding portrait of King Ferdinand II of Aragón and Queen Isabella of Castile]]
The latter part of Ferdinand's life was largely taken up with disputes over control of Italy with successive Kings of France, the so-called [[Italian Wars]]. In 1494, [[Charles VIII of France]] invaded Italy and expelled [[Alfonso II of Naples|Alfonso II]] (who was Ferdinand's first cousin once removed and stepson of Ferdinand's sister) from the throne of Naples. Ferdinand allied with various Italian princes and with Emperor [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian I]], to expel the French by 1496 and install Alfonso's son, Ferdinand, on the Neapolitan throne. In 1501, following the death of [[Ferdinand II of Naples]] and his succession by his uncle [[Frederick IV of Naples|Frederick]], Ferdinand of Aragon signed an agreement with Charles VIII's successor, [[Louis XII of France|Louis XII]], who had just successfully asserted his claims to the [[Duchy of Milan]], to partition Naples between them, with [[Campania]] and the [[Abruzzi]], including Naples itself, going to the French and Ferdinand taking [[Apulia]] and [[Calabria]]. The agreement soon fell apart, and over the next several years, Ferdinand's great general [[Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba]] conquered Naples from the French, having succeeded by 1504. Another less famous "conquest" took place in 1503, when [[Andreas Palaiologos|Andreas Paleologus]], de jure Emperor of the [[Byzantine Empire|Eastern Roman Empire]], left Ferdinand and Isabella as heirs to the empire, thus Ferdinand became de jure ''[[Byzantine Empire|Imperator Constantinopolitanus]]''.

===After Isabella===
[[Image:Fernando firma.jpg|thumb|Ferdinand's signature]]
After Isabella's death, her kingdom went to their daughter [[Joanna of Castile|Joanna]]. Ferdinand served as the latter's regent during her absence in the [[Seventeen Provinces|Netherlands]], ruled by her husband [[Philip I of Castile|Archduke Philip]]. Ferdinand attempted to retain the regency permanently, but was rebuffed by the Castilian nobility and replaced with Joanna's husband, who became [[Philip I of Castile]]. After Philip's death in 1506, with Joanna supposedly mentally unstable, and her and Philip's son [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles of Ghent]] was only six years old, Ferdinand resumed the regency, ruling through [[Francisco Cardinal Jimenez de Cisneros]], the Chancellor of the Kingdom.

Ferdinand disagreed with Philip's policies. In 1505, Ferdinand remarried with [[Germaine of Foix]], a granddaughter of his half-sister [[Eleanor of Navarre|Queen Leonor of Navarre]], in hopes of fathering a new heir and so separating Aragon and Castile (denying Philip the governance of Aragon), and to potentially lay claim to [[Navarre]].
[[Image:Fernando el Católico 01.jpg|thumb|upright|Statue of Ferdinand in the [[Sabatini Gardens]] in [[Madrid]]]]

Ferdinand also had children from his mistress, Aldonza Ruiz de Iborre y Alemany of [[Cervera]]. He had a son, Alfonso de Aragon (born in 1469), who later became [[Archbishop]] of [[Saragossa]], and a daughter Joanna (born in 1471), who married Bernardino de Valsco, the 1st Duke of [[Frias]].

In the 1500s, Alfonso de Aragon, who later became [[Archbishop]] of [[Saragossa]], found a hidden study under the palace of Ferdinand containing over 400 documents written by Ferdinand himself. In these documents, Ferdinand explained his general outlook on political power, and his true goals behind all his decisions during life as the King of Spain. Also through these documents, which surprised many people, writings stated that Ferdinand, during times of very complicated decision making, blindfolded himself to concentrate on the true matter of the situation, as to not let various things cloud his judgment{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}.

In 1508, war resumed in Italy, this time against [[Republic of Venice|Venice]], which all the other powers on the peninsula, including Louis XII, Ferdinand, Maximilian, and [[Pope Julius II]] joined together against as the [[League of Cambrai]]. Although the French were victorious against Venice at the [[Battle of Agnadello]], the League soon fell apart, as both the Pope and Ferdinand became suspicious of French intentions. Instead, the [[War of the League of Cambrai|Holy League]] was formed, in which now all the powers joined together against France.

In November 1511 Ferdinand and his son-in-law [[Henry VIII of England]] signed the [[Treaty of Westminster (1511)|Treaty of Westminster]], pledging mutual aid between the two against [[France]]. Earlier that year, Ferdinand had conquered the southern half of the [[Kingdom of Navarre]], which was ruled by a French nobleman, and annexed it to Spain. The Holy League was generally successful in Italy, as well, driving the French from Milan, which was restored to its [[House of Sforza|Sforza dukes]] by the peace treaty in 1513. The French were successful in reconquering Milan two years later, however.

Ferdinand died in 1516 in [[Madrigalejo]], [[Extremadura]].

===Legacy and succession===
[[Image:Capilla real tombs.jpg|thumb|Ferdinand's tomb in La Capilla Real, in Granada]]

Ferdinand and Isabella established a highly effective coregency under equal terms. They utilized a prenuptial agreement to lay down their terms. During their reign they supported each other effectively in accordance to their joint motto of equality: Tanto monta or monta tanto, Isabel como Fernando ("They amount to the same, Isabella and Ferdinand"). Isabella and Ferdinand's achievements were remarkable: Spain was united, the crown power was centralized, the reconquista was successfully concluded, the groundwork for the most dominant military machine of the next century and a half was laid, a legal framework was created, the church reformed. Even without the benefit of the American expansion, Spain would have been a major European power. Columbus' discovery set the country on the course for the first modern world power.
[[Image:Ferdinand of Aragon.jpg|thumb|upright|Ferdinand by an unknown painter, c. 1520s]]

In 1502, the members of the Aragonese ''Cortes'' gathered in Saragossa, swore an oath of loyalty to their daughter [[Joanna of Castile|Joanna]] as heiress, but the Archbishop of Saragossa stated firmly that this oath was invalid and did not change the law of succession which could only be done by formal legislation by the ''Cortes'' with the King.<ref>[http://www.ucm.es/BUCM/revistas/byd/11321873/articulos/RGID0303220133A.PDF Estudio documental de la moneda castellana de Carlos I fabricada en los Países Bajos (1517); José María de Francisco Olmos], ''Revista General de Información y Documentación 2003, vol 13, núm.2 (Universidad complutense de Madrid)]'', page 137</ref><ref>[http://www.ucm.es/BUCM/revistas/byd/11321873/articulos/RGID0202220291A.PDF Estudio documental de la moneda castellana de Juana la Loca fabricada en los Países Bajos (1505-1506); José María de Francisco Olmos], ''Revista General de Información y Documentación 2002, vol 12, núm.2 (Universidad complutense de Madrid)'', page 299</ref> So, when King Ferdinand died on 23 January 1516, his daughter Joanna inherited the [[Crown of Aragon]], and his grandson [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles]] became Governor General (Regent).<ref>[http://www.ucm.es/BUCM/revistas/byd/11321873/articulos/RGID0303220133A.PDF Estudio documental de la moneda castellana de Carlos I fabricada en los Países Bajos (1517); José María de Francisco Olmos],''Revista General de Información y Documentación 2003, vol 13, núm.2 (Universidad complutense de Madrid)]'' page 138</ref> Nevertheless, the Flemings wished that Carlos assume the royal title, and this was supported by his paternal grandfather the Holy Roman Emperor [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian I]] and by [[Pope Leo X]]. Consequently, after Ferdinand II's funeral on 14 March 1516, Carlos I was proclaimed King of Castile and of Aragon jointly with his mother. Finally, the Castilian [[Regent]], Cardinal [[Jiménez de Cisneros]] accepted the ''fait accompli'', and the Castilian and Aragonese ''Cortes'' paid homage to him <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=o7JJAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA51&lpg=RA3-PA51&dq=carlos+rey&source=web&ots=JRqKvxLffg&sig=RXmNjdv3JhOvbViqyrK0xZVcM3c#PPA43,M1 ''Historia general de España''; Modesto Lafuente (1861)], pp. 51-52.</ref> as King of Aragon jointly with his mother.<ref>[http://saavedrafajardo.um.es/biblioteca/biblio.nsf/buscarLect/96E2C129300D5FB0C1256E43003ECF79?OpenDocument ''Fueros, observancias y actos de corte del Reino de Aragón''; Santiago Penén y Debesa, Pascual Savall y Dronda, Miguel Clemente (1866)], [http://saavedrafajardo.um.es/biblioteca/biblio.nsf/pw/A94C1361FB8E6926C1256E43003F1FAF/%24file/00000242.jpg page 64]</ref>

==Family==
With his wife Isabella I the Catholic (whom he married 19 October 1469), King Ferdinand had 5 children:
#[[Isabella, Princess of Asturias (1470–1498)|Isabella of Castile]] (1470 - 1498), Princess of Asturias (1497 - 1498). She married first Prince [[Afonso, Prince of Portugal]], but after his death she married his cousin Prince Emanuel, the future King [[Emanuel I of Portugal]]. She died in childbirth delivering her son Michael of Paz, Crown Prince of both Portugal and Spain who, in turn, died in infancy;
#[[Juan, Prince of Asturias]] (1478 - 1497), Prince of Asturias (1478 - 1497). He married [[Margaret of Habsburg]] (daughter of King [[Maximilian I]]). He died of tuberculosis and his posthumous child with Margaret was stillborn.
#[[Joanna the Mad]]. (1479 - 1555), Princess of Asturias (1500 - 1504), Queen of Castile (1504 - 1555). She married [[Philip I the Handsome]] (son of the Emperor Maximilian I) and was the mother of [[Charles I of Spain]] (also known as [[Charles V]] as Holy Roman Emperor). Incarcerated by her father in [[Tordesillas]], she lived on until her grandson [[Philip II]] was already on the throne of Spain;
#[[Maria of Aragon and Castile|Maria of Aragon]] (1482 - 1517). She married King [[Emanuel I of Portugal]], the widower of her elder sister Isabella and she was the mother of King [[John III of Portugal]] and of the Cardinal-King [[Henry I of Portugal]];
#[[Catherine of Aragon]] (1485 - 1536). She married first [[Arthur, Prince of Wales]], son of and heir to King [[Henry VII of England]] and after Prince Arthur's death she married his brother Henry, Duke of York who also became Prince of Wales and then [[King Henry VIII]]. She thus became Queen of England and was the mother of [[Queen Mary I Tudor]] (“Bloody Mary”). Eventually, in 1533, she was put aside by King Henry (by a marriage annulment which neither she nor the Pope recognised and which was the prime cause of the [[English Reformation]] and the separation of the [[Church of England]] from Rome) she died in lonely isolation in [[Kimbolton Castle]] in [[Cambridgeshire]] and was buried in [[Peterborough Cathedral]].

With his second wife, [[Germaine of Foix]], niece of King [[Louis XII of France]] (whom he married on 19 October 1505 in [[Blois]]) King Ferdinand had one son, John, who died hours after being born on 3 May 1509.

With his mistress [[Aldonza Ruiz de Iborre y Alemany]], a Catalan noblewoman of Cervera, King Ferdinand had two illegitimate children:

#Alonso (1470 - 1520) Spanish Prelate, Archbishop of Saragossa and Viceroy of Aragón;
#Juana (? - ), married with [[Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 1st Duke of Frías]]

Other illegitimate children King Ferdinand had by various different mothers included:
#Alfonso (1470 - 1530). Fruit of his relationship with Luisa de Estrada, he fought in the Americas;
#Miguel Fernández, the Knight of Granada (1495-1575). Son of Isabel of Granada (born Aixa, daughter of the vanquished Arab King [[Muhammad XII of Granada]], known as [[Boabdil]].) <ref>[http://idyllic.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/boabdil-the-unfortunate-el-zogoybi Comentarios sobre el Libro "The Moors last sight"; Salman Rushdie], ''Boabdil:The unfortunate: El Zogoybi por Ranjit Singh''</ref>
#Maria (? - ). Abbess of the Royal Convent of Our Lady Mother of Grace at Avila.
#Maria de Aragón. Abbess of the Augustinian Convent of the Holy Mother at Torres Discharges.

Thus, his grandson [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles]], was to inherit not only the Spanish lands of his maternal grandparents, but the [[Habsburg]] and [[Duke of Burgundy|Burgundian]] lands of his paternal family, which would make his heirs the most powerful rulers on the continent and, with the discoveries and conquests in the Americas and the Philippines, of the first truly global Empire.

See also: [[Descendants of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon]]

==Ancestry==
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==See also==
*[[History of Spain]]
*[[Monarchs of Naples and Sicily]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Ferdinand II of Aragon}}
*[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9034018/Ferdinand-II "Ferdinand II"], from ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' Online. <!--Note: Full article is freely available online, click "next page"-->

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