Ferdinand I

Fer·di·nand I ¹  (fûrdn-nd) Known as "Ferdinand the Great." Died 1065.

King of Castile (1035-1065) and León (1037-1065) who reconquered much of present-day Portugal from the Moors.

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Fer·di·nand I ²  (fûrdn-nd) 1503-1564.

Holy Roman emperor (1558-1564) and king of Bohemia and Hungary (1526-1564). In 1555 he ended the religious wars in Germany by concluding the Peace of Augsburg.

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Ferdinand I [ˈfɜːdɪˌnænd]

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1. (Biographies / Ferdinand I (?1016-1065) M, Spanish, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 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. (Biographies / Ferdinand I (1503-1564) M, Hungarian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1503-64, king of Hungary and Bohemia (1526-64); Holy Roman Emperor (1558-64), bringing years of religious warfare to an end

3. (Biographies / Ferdinand I (1751-1825) M, Italian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 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. (Biographies / Ferdinand I (1793-1875) M, Austrian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 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. (Biographies / Ferdinand I (1861-1948) M, Bulgarian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1861-1948, ruling prince of Bulgaria (1887-1908) and tsar from 1908 until his abdication in 1918

6. (Biographies / Ferdinand I (1865-1927) M, Romanian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1865-1927, king of Romania (1914-27); sided with the Allies in World War I

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Noun	1.	Ferdinand I - Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia (1503-1564)
	2.	Ferdinand I - king of Castile and Leon who achieved control of the Moorish kings of Saragossa and Seville and Toledo (1016-1065) Ferdinand the Great