Twitter Google Share on Facebook Ferdinand VII Also found in:Encyclopedia,Wikipedia. n (Biography) 1784–1833, king of Spain (1808; 1814–33). He precipitated the Carlist Wars by excluding his brother Don Carlos as his successor Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition...
(Biography) English nameFrancis Ferdinand. 1863–1914, archduke of Austria; heir apparent of Franz Josef I. His assassination contributed to the outbreak of World War I Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 20...
(Biography) known asFerdinand the Catholic.1452–1516, king of Castile (1474–1504); as Ferdinand II, king of Aragon (1479–1516) and Sicily (1468–1516); as Ferdinand III, king of Naples (1504–16). His marriage to Isabella I of Castile (1469) led to the union of Aragon and Castil...
Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin, German military official who was the first notable builder of rigid dirigible airships, for which his surname is still a popular generic term. His lighter-than-air craft first flew in 1900, and a number were built in the ens