Ferdinand II of Aragon

Ferdinand II of Aragon (: Ferrando; : Ferran; : Errando; : Fernando; : Ferdinando; 1452 – 1516) was the King of Aragon, Sicily, Naples, Valencia, Sardinia, and . As the husband to Isabella I, he was King of Castile through marriage. After her death, he continued to serve as regent in Castile on behalf of their daughter for much of the rest of his life.
==Biography==
===Reconquista===
In 1478, Ferdinand and Isabella, seeking further religious unity, requested permission from the Pope to establish an inquisition. Pope Sixtus IV permitted them to appoint priests as inquisitors.Assassin's Creed DNA – Timeline: 1478
By 1491, members of both the Assassin and Templar Orders had infiltrated Ferdinand and Isabella's close circle in an an attempt to obtain influence over the royal house; Ferdinand's own treasurer, Raphael Sánchez, was a member of the Spanish Brotherhood.Assassin's Creed II: Discovery –
The following year, Ferdinand and his wife bore witness to the public execution of heretics in Seville, during which the Spanish Mentor Benedicto was burned at the stake by Tomás de Torquemada. However, the two other Assassins, Aguilar de Nerha and María, managed to escape their predicament, leading Ferdinand and his wife to quickly flee the scene.Assassin's Creed (film)
===Italian Wars===
In 1503, Ferdinand hired Bartolomeo d'Alviano to help the Spanish army defeat the French army in the Kingdom of Naples.Assassin's Creed II – Database: Bartolomeo d'Alviano In 1504, Ferdinand and Isabella made an arrangement with Pope Julius II to have Cesare Borgia locked up inside the Castillo de la Mota near Valencia.Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood novel – Unbeknownst to both Ferdinand and Isabella, the Assassins had secretly been poisoning Isabella for having served the Borgia, thus finishing the work of her Jewish finance minister and secret Assassin Luis de Santángel. Isabella subsequently died in November 1504.Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Contracts The next year, Ferdinand seized power of the Kingdom of Naples in the name of Spain.Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Database: Napoli
In 1507, Ferdinand waged war with John III of Navarre to conquer the lands of Navarre. During the Siege of Viana, John III gave command over his forces to his brother-in-law Cesare Borgia, who had escaped from the Castillo de la Mota in the previous year. Ezio Auditore da Firenze, Mentor of the Italian Assassins, killed Cesare Borgia during the battle, greatly aiding Ferdinand's forces, although the Navarrese still won a pyrrhic victory.
Intending to curb the Venetian influence in northern Italy, Ferdinand joined fellow monarchs Louis XII of France and Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian I in the League of Cambrai created by Pope Julius II. The League was initially a success as an anti-Venetian alliance, but the friction between Julius and Louis caused it to collapse by 1510.Assassin's Creed: Identity – Database: War of the League of Cambrai
When Ezio Auditore went on his pilgrimage to Masyaf in 1511 seeking the Library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Ferdinand allowed Ezio safe passage through the southern territories of Italy that he controlled to return the favor of killing Cesare.Assassin's Creed: Revelations novel – 
==Legacy==
In 2012, Ferdinand was one of many historical people included in the Glyph puzzles the late Assassin Clay Kaczmarek had left behind in the Animus as messages for his successor Desmond Miles to decipher. Desmond later did in September of that year.Assassin's Creed: Initiates – The Desmond Files Desmond solved this puzzle, which was part of a set titled "Instruments of Power" where Ferdinand was excluded from the list of individuals revealed by Clay to have wielded a Staff of Eden.Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #5: "Instruments of Power" Later that year, he was also included in a mnemonic set in Abstergo Industries' Project Legacy.Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Mnemonic sets
==Behind the scenes==
Ferdinand II is a historical figure introduced in the 2016 film Assassin's Creed, where he was portrayed by Thomas Camilleri.
==Gallery==
ACfilm Isabella Torquemada Ferdinand.png|Ferdinand in Seville with his wife and Torquemada
ACMovie Francisco Rizi's Grand Inquisition close up.jpg|Ferdinand in Grand Inquisition by Francisco Rizi
Ferdinand and Isabella.png|The Return of Christopher Columbus by Eugène Delacroix
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed II: Discovery 
*Assassin's Creed II 
*Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy 
*Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood 
*Assassin's Creed: Recollection 
*Assassin's Creed: Identity 
*Assassin's Creed: Rebellion 
*Assassin's Creed film 
*Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization
==References==
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