The last king to be crowned here was Ferdinand I in 1531.

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Born at Medina del Campo, he was the son of Ferdinand I of Aragon ( known as Ferdinand of Antequera ) and Eleanor of Alburquerque.

* his successor in Naples, King Ferdinand I of Naples, ( b. 1423 ; reigned 1458 – 1494 ).

* 1793 – Ferdinand I of Austria ( d. 1875 )

In Austria, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian nationalist insurgents ( The Black Hand ) is blamed for igniting World War I after a succession of minor conflicts, while belligerents on both sides in World War II used operatives specifically trained for assassination.

Maria was a daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary.

The marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile in 1469 united the two royal lines.

Through its purported connections to the June 1914 assassination in Sarajevo of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, the Black Hand may have been one of the principal catalysts to the start of World War I, fueling the July Crisis of 1914 and giving Austria-Hungary a pretext to invade Serbia.

Just prior to World War I, under the orders of the Chief of Serbian Military Intelligence, Serbian Military Officers and remnants of the by then moribund Black Hand organized and facilitated the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria on occasion of his visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia.

The apple of discord: King George I of Greece and Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria at Thessaloniki, December 1912.

On 29 ( 16 ) June 1913 General Savov, under direct orders of tsar Ferdinand I, issued attacking orders against both Greece and Serbia without consulting the Bulgarian government and without any official declaration of war.

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 ).

On the other side, the Parliament on Cetin chose Ferdinand I of the House of Habsburg as new ruler of Croatia, under the condition that he provide protection to Croatia against the Ottoman Empire while respecting its political rights.

** Ferdinand I ( 1367 – 1383 )

** Ferdinand I ( 1815 – 1825 )

** Ferdinand I, 2nd Duke of Braganza.

She was the youngest surviving child of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile.

In 1501, the Spanish monarchs, Ferdinand I and Isabella, first granted permission to the colonists of the Caribbean to import African slaves, which began arriving to the island in 1503.

He went so far in 1608 as to sign a commercial treaty with Duke Ferdinand I of Tuscany containing secret military clauses.

* 1508 – The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.

His son, Ferdinand I of Castile also took the title in 1039.

* 1538 – Treaty of Nagyvarad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya.

* Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor ( 1503 – 1564 )

* 1662 – Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria ( b. 1628 )

In 1900 Charles Pathé began film production under the Pathé-Frères brand, with Ferdinand Zecca hired to actually make the films.

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

After the accession of King Louis II, George was aided in his reforming efforts by Queen Maria, a sister of Charles V and Ferdinand I, who was favorably inclined toward the new doctrine.

According to the act of settlement of 1499, George's Protestant brother Heinrich was now heir prospective ; but George, disregarding his father's will, sought to disinherit his brother and to bequeath the duchy to Ferdinand, brother of Charles V. His sudden death prevented the carrying out of this intention.

In 1516, Ferdinand II of Aragon, grandfather of the future Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, died.

The rule of the Spanish Bourbons continued under Ferdinand VI ( 1746 – 1759 ) and Charles III ( 1759 – 1788 ).

After a shaky peace of 1486 with King Ferdinand I of Naples failed and Ferdinand repeatedly refused to pay the tariff for his investiture, Innocent excommunicated him in 1489 and invited King Charles VIII of France to come to Italy with an army and take possession of the Kingdom of Naples, a disastrous political event for the Italian peninsula as a whole.

Under Charles V and his brother Ferdinand, the Habsburgs reoccupied Buda and took Hungary.

With their efforts repulsed, and more Habsburg fortresses captured as a result, Ferdinand and his brother Charles V were forced to conclude a humiliating five-year treaty with Suleiman.

Much to the consternation of their Spanish ruling cousins, the Habsburg emperors who followed Charles V ( especially Ferdinand I and Maximilian II, but also Rudolf II, and his successor Matthias ) were content for the princes of the Empire to choose their own religious policies.

* December 30 – Ferdinand Charles of Austria, regent of the Tyrol and Further Austria ( b. 1628 )

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

* May 17 – Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, regent of the Tyrol ( d. 1662 )

* February 14 – Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry ( stabbed ) ( b. 1778 )

* August 10 – Ferdinand VI of Spain dies and is succeeded by his half – brother Charles III.

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

* October 25 – Charles V abdicates as Holy Roman Emperor and is succeeded by his brother Ferdinand.

In 1556, Charles V abdicated in favour of his son Philip II and his brother Ferdinand I. Charles's Italian possessions, including Milan, passed to Philip II and the Spanish line of Habsburgs, while Ferdinand's Austrian line of Habsburgs ruled the Holy Roman Empire.

* January 19 – Treaty of Barcelona: Charles VIII of France returns Cerdagne and Roussillon to Ferdinand of Aragon.

In 1890 Royal and Imperial Czech Charles Ferdinand University had 112 teachers and 2, 191 students and the Royal and Imperial German Charles Ferdinand University had 146 teachers and 1, 483 students.