Spain’s King Ferdinand II’s 500-year-old secret letters decoded. The 500-year-old secret code used between the Spanish king Ferdinand II of Aragon and his military commander, Gonzalo ...

Ferdinand II (or Ferdinand the Catholic, 1452-1516) was the Spanish king of Aragon and king of Castile from 1479.

When Ferdinand died in 1516 making Juana Queen of Castille and Aragon, her son Charles took up the role as his mother's jailer, briefly removing the 11 year old Catherine from her care before ...

When Christopher Columbus landed in the West Indies in October 1492, he laid claim to the islands in the name of his patrons, Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, even though he was aware ...

Her granddaughter was the second wife of the King of Aragon, Johann Roemisch II. This would make King Ferdinand of Aragon, under whom the Spanish Inquistion took place, also of Jewish origin.

More information about: Catherine of Aragon Catherine was born near Madrid in December 1485. She was the daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, whose marriage had united Spain.