Ferdinand II


noun
  1. "the Catholic", 1452–1516, founder of the Spanish monarchy 1506: king of Sicily 1468–1516, king of Aragon 1479–1516; as Ferdinand III , king of Naples 1504–16; as Ferdinand V , joint sovereign (with Isabella I) of Castile 1474–1504.

  2. 1578–1637, king of Bohemia 1617–19, 1620–37; king of Hungary 1619?–37; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1620–37.

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Ferdinand II

noun
  1. 1578–1637, Holy Roman Emperor (1619–37); king of Bohemia (1617–19; 1620–37) and of Hungary (1617–37). His anti-Protestant policies led to the Thirty Years' War

  2. title as king of Aragon and Sicily of Ferdinand V

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