Ferdinand I (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. king of Castile 1033–65, king of Navarre and Leon 1037–65; emperor of Spain 1056–65.
  2. king of Bohemia and Hungary 1526–64; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1558–64 (brother of Emperor Charles V).
  3. king of Bulgaria 1908–18.
noun
  1. 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
  2. 1503–64, king of Hungary and Bohemia (1526–64); Holy Roman Emperor (1558–64), bringing years of religious warfare to an end
  3. 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)
  4. 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
  5. 1861–1948, ruling prince of Bulgaria (1887–1908) and tsar from 1908 until his abdication in 1918
  6. 1865–1927, king of Romania (1914–27); sided with the Allies in World War I
Ferdinand I (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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