Ferdinand II (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. 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. king of Bohemia 1617–19, 1620–37; king of Hungary 1619?–37; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1620–37.
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
Ferdinand II (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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