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Ferdinand I

noun

Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia (1503-1564).

King of Castile and Leon who achieved control of the Moorish kings of Saragossa and Seville and Toledo (1016-1065). Synonym: Ferdinand the Great.

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... Ferdinand I. the art was carried by Florentines to India, where it was used in decorating some of the palaces. Under Ferdinand II. Pietra Dura reached its climax, there being in Florence at this time a most noted Frenchman, Luigi Siries, who settled ...

— Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages • Julia De Wolf Addison

... that these estimable qualities did not distinguish him in private life. Yet eight out of the eighteen pages of his biography are devoted to comically solemn details regarding the honors paid him by Italian princes. The Grand Duke of Florence, Ferdinand I., noticed him standing with uncovered head at a theatrical representation in the Pitti Palace. He bade the poet put his cap on and sit down. Cosimo, the heir apparent, showed the same condescending courtesy. When he was at Turin, Carlo Emmanuele, Duke of Savoy, placed a coach and ...

— Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 - The Catholic Reaction • John Addington Symonds