POLITICIAN

Ferdinand II of Aragon

1452 - 1516

Photo of Ferdinand II of Aragon

Icon of person 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand II of Aragon has received more than 3,899,529 page views. His biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Ferdinand II of Aragon is the 275th most popular politician (down from 216th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Spain (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Spanish Politician.

Ferdinand II of Aragon was the King of Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, Majorca, Sicily, and Naples. He was also the King of Castile and León, as well as the joint King of Portugal. He was the son of John I of Aragon and his second wife, Juana Enríquez.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 76.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 81

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ferdinand II of Aragon ranks 275 out of 19,576. Before him are Philippe Pétain, Wu Zetian, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Numa Pompilius, Elagabalus, and Brutus the Younger. After him are Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Leopold III of Belgium, Charles VII of France, Alexander II of Russia, Charles VIII of France, and B. R. Ambedkar.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1452, Ferdinand II of Aragon ranks 4. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci, Richard III of England, and Girolamo Savonarola. After him are Ludovico Sforza, Abraham Zacuto, Joanna, Princess of Portugal, Prospero Colonna, Idris Bitlisi, and Davide Ghirlandaio. Among people deceased in 1516, Ferdinand II of Aragon ranks 2. Before him is Hieronymus Bosch. After him are Giovanni Bellini, Vladislaus II of Hungary, Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours, Giuliano da Sangallo, Juan Díaz de Solís, Johannes Trithemius, Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri, John III of Navarre, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, and Jacopo de' Barbari.

Others Born in 1452

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1516

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ferdinand II of Aragon ranks 30 out of 3,355. Before him are Maimonides (1138), Francis Xavier (1506), Saint Lawrence (225), Philip IV of Spain (1605), Teresa of Ávila (1515), and Catherine of Aragon (1485). After him are Federico García Lorca (1898), Julio Iglesias (1943), Philip III of Spain (1578), Anne of Austria (1601), Saint Dominic (1170), and Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476).

Others born in Spain

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Ferdinand II of Aragon ranks 11. Before him are Theodosius I (340), Isabella I of Castile (1451), Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503), Joanna of Castile (1479), Charles II of Spain (1661), and Philip IV of Spain (1605). After him are Philip III of Spain (1578), Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886), Charles III of Spain (1716), Arcadius (377), Isabella II of Spain (1830), and Abd al-Rahman III (889).

Spanish born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous