Ferdinand I
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Spanish Fernando I. Ferdinand the Great, died 1065, king of Castile 1033–65, king of Navarre and Leon 1037–65; emperor of Spain 1056–65.
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1503–64, king of Bohemia and Hungary 1526–64; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1558–64 (brother of Emperor Charles V).
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Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria, 1861–1948, king of Bulgaria 1908–18.
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known as Ferdinand the Great. ?1016–65, king of Castile (1035–65) and León (1037–65): achieved control of the Moorish kings of Saragossa, Seville, and Toledo
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1503–64, king of Hungary and Bohemia (1526–64); Holy Roman Emperor (1558–64), bringing years of religious warfare to an end
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1751–1825, king of the Two Sicilies (1816–25); king of Naples (1759–1806; 1815–25), as Ferdinand IV, being dispossessed by Napoleon (1806–15)
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1793–1875, king of Hungary (1830–48) and emperor of Austria (1835–48); abdicated after the Revolution of 1848 in favour of his nephew, Franz Josef I
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1861–1948, ruling prince of Bulgaria (1887–1908) and tsar from 1908 until his abdication in 1918
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1865–1927, king of Romania (1914–27); sided with the Allies in World War I
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Rio Ferdinand: I have to agree, Rodriguez is a young guy and not many might have known about him before the tournament but, wow, they do now.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2014
On Rio Ferdinand: I think Hodgson was right to leave him out.
From The Guardian • May 16, 2012
Back then, Ferdinand I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, paid Belgian craftsmen to form a guild and take advantage of Ferlach's iron deposits and water supply.
From BusinessWeek • Jul. 29, 2010
Last week Helene Vacarescu, overcome by grief at the death of Ferdinand I, left Paris to spend a period of mourning at Vichy, smart spa.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1608 Galileo was in correspondence with Christina of Lorraine, the wife of Ferdinand I, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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