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Ferdinand II [of Aragon], King of Aragon, Navarre, etc. (1452 - 1516)

Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_II_of_Aragon Relevant locations: Title (royalty or holy order) Aragon, Spain
References in Documents:
Bargrave's catalogue: Rara, Antiqua, et Numismata Bargraviana (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16a)

(1). Imprimis, an infant Romulus, in brass, in a sitting posture, digd out of Quirinus his temple, on the Quirinal hill, when those ruins were removed to make way for the very fine, pretty, rich church or chapel of Sta Maria della Vittoria, built in memory of the great victory the Emperor had over the King of Bohemia near Prague, where are hanged up in triumph the banners, ensigns, and colours that were there taken, whereof I remember was, mitres, crosses, the Pope's triple crown, &c., all turned upside down, with this motto--Extirpentur.[*] This agrees with Raymond’s description, p. 105. The little figure very ancient.

Thomas Platter's travel diary (1599) In another room I saw the portrait of Ferdinand, the Spanish prince at the age of eight.
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Ferdinandus & Eliz: Hisp:
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Ferdinand II. upon his Coronation.