#bernardino montanes y perez

[royalty-nobility]

Ferdinand the Catholic

Artist: Bernardino Montañes y Perez (Spanish, 1825-1893_

Date: c. 1848

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Ferdinand II of Aragon

Ferdinand II (10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), called Ferdinand the Catholic, was King of Aragon from 1479 until his death in 1516. As the husband and co-ruler of Queen Isabella I of Castile, he was also King of Castile from 1475 to 1504 (as Ferdinand V). He reigned jointly with Isabella over a dynastically unified Spain; together they are known as the Catholic Monarchs. Ferdinand is considered the de facto first king of Spain, and was described as such during his reign, even though, legally, Castile and Aragon remained two separate kingdoms until they were formally united by the Nueva Planta decrees issued between 1707 and 1716.