Example sentences for: ferdinand

How can you use “ferdinand” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • By order of Ferdinand and Isabella of Castile, the second phase of the conquest was set in motion.

  • Ferdinand and Isabella were consummate Spaniards, committed to the expansion of the crown.

  • The first of the line, Mohammed ben Alhamar, established his capital here in 1232, after Ferdinand III had forced him from Jaén.

  • In the 1480s, the Christians launched a new offensive; Ronda capitulated to the sovereigns Ferdinand and Isabella in 1485, followed by Málaga in 1487 and Almería in 1488.

  • The Christian provinces gradually captured and annexed former bastions of Moorish rule: Ferdinand III conquered Murcia for Castile in 1242; Denia and Játiva fell to James the Conqueror of Aragon in 1244, though it was not until 1265 that he secured Cartagena.


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