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Also Known As Ferrante I • Ferdinando
Born 1423 • Valencia • Spain
Died January 25, 1494 (aged 71)
Title / Office king (1458-1494), Kingdom of Naples
Alfonso V, bronze medal by Pisanello, 1448–49; in the Bargello, Florence
Alfonso V
king of Aragon and Naples
Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor
Christina, engraving by Cornelis Visscher, 1650.
Christina
queen of Sweden
Muḥammad al-Idrīsī
Arab geographer
Joachim Murat
Joachim Murat
king of Naples
Henry VI
Henry VI
Holy Roman emperor
Bonaparte, Joseph
Joseph Bonaparte
king of Spain and Naples
Ladislas
king of Naples
Ferdinand I
king of the Two Sicilies
Robert
king of Naples
Martin
king of Aragon and Sicily
Joan I
queen of Naples
Maria Carolina
queen of Naples
Joan II
queen of Naples
Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt
Swedish statesman
Charles II
king of Naples
Conradin
duke of Swabia
Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th Baronet
prime minister of the Kingdom of Naples
Ruggiero di Lauria
Italian admiral
Fabrizio Ruffo
Italian cardinal and politician

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