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Facts

Also Known As Ferdinand V • Ferdinand II of Sicily • Fernando el Católico • Ferdinand III of Naples • Ferdinand the Catholic
Born March 10, 1452 • Spain
Died January 23, 1516 (aged 63) • Spain
Title / Office king (1479-1516), Castile • king (1479-1516), Aragon
Notable Family Members spouse Isabella I • father John II • daughter Catherine of Aragon • daughter Joan
Role In Reconquista • Spanish Inquisition

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Painting of King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I of Spain seated on a throne as a group kneels before them, with a prelate holding a cross in warning during the expulsion of Jews in 1492.
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