ferdinand

     

Ferinand Given Name

Trivia about ferdinand

  • This fictional bull would rather smell the flowers than fight any day
  • In 1506, 2 years after the death of his wife Isabella, this King of Aragon married Germaine de Foix
  • While married to Isabella I, he sired at least 2 daughters with other women
  • This king of Aragon was so consummate a politician he was a model for Machiavelli's "The Prince"
  • Maybe Columbus was trying to butter up this king when he gave his son the same name in 1488
  • This king of Castile & Aragon was known as "The Catholic"
  • Isabella I
  • After Isabella died, he marred teenaged Germaine de Foix in 1505
  • Machiavelli was a big fan of this king of Aragon born in 1452
  • In 1488 this king of Spain sent 100 Moorish slaves to Pope Innocent VIII who gave them as gifts to Cardinals
  • This Spanish king married Queen Isabella in 1469 & sent Columbus off to America in 1492