FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V10,
Page 261
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the See also:host," from O. H. G. Heri, "See also:army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]See also:jan, " to dare ")
, a name See also:borne at various times by many See also:European sovereigns and princes, the more important of whom are noticed below in the following See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order: emperors, See also:kings of See also:Naples, See also:Portugal, See also:Spain (See also:Castile, See also:Leon and See also:Aragon) and the two Sicilies; then the See also:grand See also:duke of See also:Tuscany, the See also:prince of See also:Bulgaria, the duke of See also:Brunswick and the elector of See also:Cologne
.
End of Article: FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
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