Biography of king ferdinand of aragon

Son of John II of Aragon and Juana Enríquez, Ferdinand II, born March 10, , was king of Aragon (–), Sicily (–), Naples (–), and—through his marriage in to Isabella I of Castile—Castile and León (–).

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In this last capacity he helped shape Spanish policy toward the New World, though he paid less attention to the New World and the welfare of its inhabitants than did his first wife. Even after her death in , when the administration of these Castilian realms fell to him, he usually delegated responsibility to his advisers, especially Bishop Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca, head of the Casa de Contratación in Seville.

Ferdinand's interest in the Indies stemmed primarily from the material wealth that they might provide to finance his Mediterranean ventures.

Ferdinand and Isabella met Christopher Columbus around and appointed a commission to consider the merits of his plan to reach Asia by a westward route. Although they believed, correctly, that Columbus had vastly u Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452–1516) - Encyclopedia.com XAJYM