Alfonso, by formally submitting his reign to the Papacy, obtained the consent of Pope Eugene IV that the Kingdom of Naples would go to his immature son Ferdinand.

On his return to Naples, Nelson was greeted with a triumphal procession led by King Ferdinand IV and Sir William Hamilton and was introduced for only the third time to Sir William's wife Emma, Lady Hamilton, who fainted violently at the meeting, and apparently took several weeks to recover from her injuries.

Some notable collectors were Pope Boniface VIII, Emperor Maximilian of the Holy Roman Empire, Louis XIV of France, Ferdinand I, Henry IV of France and Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg, who started the Berlin Coin Cabinet ( German: Münzkabinett Berlin ).

** Ferdinand IV ( 1759 – 1806 )

* 1285 – King Ferdinand IV of Castile ( d. 1312 )

Goya painted the Spanish royal family, including Charles IV of Spain and Ferdinand VII.

* 1309-While the King Ferdinand IV of Castile laid siege on Algeciras, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán ( known to the Spanish records as Guzmán el Bueno ) was sent to capture the town.

* 1310 31 January – Gibraltar was granted its first Charter by the king Ferdinand IV of Castile.

By 1212 John had successfully concluded alliances with Renault of Dammartin, who controlled Boulogne, and Count Ferdinand of Flanders, as well as Otto IV, a contender for the crown of Holy Roman Emperor in Germany ; Otto was also John's nephew.

* 1629 – Emperor Ferdinand II & Danish King Christian IV sign the Treaty of Lübeck to end the Danish intervention in the Thirty Years ' War.

Sixtus IV consented under political pressure from Ferdinand of Aragon, who threatened to withhold military support from his kingdom of Sicily.

* 1633 – Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans ( d. 1654 )

* January 17 – Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany ( born 1835 )

* March 26 – Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.

* November 25 – King Ferdinand IV of Spain grants the Religious of the Virgin Mary in the Philippines royal protection.

* September 8 – Ferdinand IV of Germany ( d. 1654 )

* June 10 – Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, ( d. 1908 )

Charles resigns the thrones of Naples and Sicily to his third son, Ferdinand IV.

* September 12 – King Denis of Portugal and King Ferdinand IV of Castile sign the Treaty of Alcanizes.

* July 9 – Ferdinand IV of Germany ( b. 1633 )

Paisiello left Russia in 1784, and, after producing Il Re Teodoro at Vienna, entered the service of Ferdinand IV of Naples, where he composed many of his best operas, including Nina and La Molinara.

Collectors of coins were Pope Boniface VIII, Emperor Maximilian of the Holy Roman Empire, Louis XIV of France, Ferdinand I, Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg who started the Berlin coin cabinet and Henry IV of France to name a few.

* May 24 – Ferdinand IV is elected King of the Romans.

* Ferdinand IV of Castile and Leon ( 1285 – 1312 ), became king 1295

On 9 June the fleet arrived off Malta, then under the ownership of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, ruled by Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim.

* 1769 – Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany ( d. 1824 )

* June 18 – Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany ( b. 1769 )

* May 6 – Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany ( d. 1824 )

* Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany ( 1769 – 1824 ), grand duke in 1790

The German Emperor Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse, Duke Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Duke Ernst August of Brunswick were Edward's nephews ; Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain, Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden, Crown Princess Marie of Romania, Crown Princess Sophia of Greece, Empress Alexandra of Russia, Grand Duchess Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Duchess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen were his nieces ; Haakon VII of Norway was both his nephew by marriage and his son-in-law ; George I of Greece and Frederick VIII of Denmark were his brothers-in-law ; Albert I of Belgium, Charles I and Manuel II of Portugal, and Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria were his second cousins.

In February 1848, there were revolts in Tuscany that were relatively nonviolent, after which Grand Duke Ferdinand granted the Tuscans a constitution.

Ferdinand was elected Knyaz of autonomous Bulgaria by its Grand National Assembly on 7 July 1887 in the Gregorian calendar ( the " New Style " used hereinafter ).

In 1817, Charles Albert married his second cousin once removed, Maria Theresa of Austria, the youngest daughter of Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily.

Born in Florence, Italy at the Palazzo Pitti on 26 April 1575, Marie was the sixth daughter of Francesco I de ' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Joanna, Archduchess of Austria, daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary.

* Ferdinand Pajor, " Cockerell and the ' Grand Tour '"

* Ferdinando II de ' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, also known as Ferdinand II de Medici ( 1610 – 1670 ), Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1620

Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany ( 6 May 1769 – 18 June 1824 ) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1790 to 1801 and, after a period of disenfranchisement, again from 1814 to 1824.

When his father was elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand succeeded him as Grand Duke of Tuscany, officially taking the office on 22 July 1790.

On 30 May 1814, after Napoleon's fall, Ferdinand was restored as Grand Duke of Tuscany.

In Naples on 15 August 1790 by proxy and in Vienna on 19 September 1790 in person, Ferdinand married firstly his double first cousin, the Princess ( later Grand Duchess ) Luisa of Naples and Sicily ( 1773-1802 ), daughter of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Marie Caroline of Austria.

Category: Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit

* 1805-Victor Dourlen (" first " First Grand Prize ) and Ferdinand Gasse (" second " First Grand Prize )