Ferdinand II of Aragon

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Catholic Monarch King of Aragon King of Castile human monarch

Ferdinand II of Aragon was a late 15th- and early 16th-century Catholic monarch of Spain who, alongside Isabella I of Castile, completed the Reconquista and laid the foundations of a unified Spanish kingdom and overseas empire.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ferdinand the Catholic	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic Monarch ⓘ King of Aragon ⓘ King of Castile ⓘ human ⓘ monarch ⓘ
burialPlace	Royal Chapel of Granada ⓘ
canonizationStatus	beatified as a Catholic Monarch (honorific, not canonized) ⓘ
child	Catherine of Aragon ⓘ Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal ⓘ Joanna of Castile ⓘ John, Prince of Asturias ⓘ Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Crown of Aragon ⓘ Crown of Castile ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1452-03-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1516-01-23 ⓘ
father	John II of Aragon ⓘ
givenName	Ferdinand ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Aragonese language ⓘ surface form: Aragonese Spanish ⓘ
monarchOf	Crown of Aragon ⓘ Crown of Castile ⓘ Kingdom of Naples ⓘ Kingdom of Navarre ⓘ Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
mother	Juana Enríquez ⓘ
name	Ferdinand II of Aragon self-link ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Trastámara ⓘ
notableAchievement	conquest of the Emirate of Granada ⓘ establishment of the Spanish Inquisition ⓘ expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492 ⓘ foundation of the Spanish overseas empire ⓘ sponsorship of Christopher Columbus’s first voyage ⓘ steps toward political unification of Spain ⓘ
notableWork	completion of the Reconquista ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kingdom of Aragon ⓘ Sos del Rey Católico ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Crown of Castile ⓘ Madrigalejo ⓘ
positionHeld	King of Aragon ⓘ King of Castile ⓘ King of Naples ⓘ King of Navarre ⓘ King of Sicily ⓘ Regent of Castile ⓘ Sovereign of the Spanish overseas territories ⓘ
reignEnd	1516-01-23 ⓘ
reignStart	1479-01-20 ⓘ
reignStartAsKingOfCastile	1474-12-11 ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Isabella I of Castile ⓘ
title	Ferdinand II of Aragon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ferdinand the Catholic

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar → appointedBy → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Nicolás de Ovando (as colonial authority in the region) → appointedBy → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

subject surface form: Nicolás de Ovando

Adelantado of Florida → associatedWithPerson → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Joanna of Castile → coMonarch → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

War of the Castilian Succession → commander → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Kingdom of Granada → conqueredBy → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Joanna of Castile → father → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Spanish Inquisition → foundedBy → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor → grandfather → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

King of Sicily → hasHolder → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon → hasMonarch → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Spanish Expulsion of 1492 → issuedBy → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

League of Cambrai → keyFigure → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon → keyFigure → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Catholic Monarchs → member → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Crown of Castile → monarch → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar → monarch → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Diego Columbus → monarchServed → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Ferdinand II of Aragon → name → Ferdinand II of Aragon self-link ⓘ

Ferdinand → notableBearer → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Italian Wars → notableCommander → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

House of Trastámara → notableMember → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Crown of Castile and Crown of Aragon → notableMonarch → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

subject surface form: Crown of Aragon

King of Castile → notableOfficeHolder → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Crown of Aragon → notableRuler → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Kingdom of Aragon → notableRuler → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Kingdom of Sicily → notableRuler → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

King of Aragon → notableTitleHolder → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Isabella I of Castile → partnerInRuleWith → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Tempietto of San Pietro in Montorio → patron → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Joanna of Castile → predecessorAsQueenOfAragon → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

War of the Castilian Succession → relatedTo → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Juan Ponce de León → servedUnder → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Treaty of Tordesillas → signatory → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas → sponsor → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Christopher Columbus → sponsoredBy → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Isabella I of Castile → spouse → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Henry IV of Castile → successor → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Philip I of Castile → successor → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

Ferdinand II of Aragon → title → Ferdinand II of Aragon self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ferdinand the Catholic

King of Aragon → titleHolder → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ

King of Naples → titleHolder → Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ