Ferdinand II of Aragon

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{{Character Infobox
|image = ACM Ferdinand.jpg
|birth = 10 March 1452 Sada Palace, {{Wiki|Sos del Rey Católico}}, {{Wiki|Kingdom of Aragon}}
|death = 23 January 1516 (aged 63) {{Wiki|Madrigalejo}}, {{Wiki|Extremadura}}, [[Spain|Kingdom of Castile and León]]
|affiliates = Castile-Aragon Union
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed (film)|Assassin's Creed: The Movie]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization]]''
|actor = [[Thomas Camilleri]] (film)
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'''Ferdinand II of Aragon''' (1452 – 1516) was the King of {{Wiki|Aragon}}, {{Wiki|Sicily}}, [[Naples]], [[Valencia]], [[Sardinia]], and {{Wiki|Navarre}}. He was also the husband to [[Isabella I of Castile]] and King of Castile through marriage.

==Biography==
In 1478, Ferdinand and Isabella, seeking further religious unity, requested permission from the Pope to establish an inquisition. Pope [[Sixtus IV]] permitted them to appoint priests as inquisitors.<ref>[https://www.familytreedna.com/assassinscreed/#inside/ ''Assassin's Creed'' movie - Family Tree DNA]</ref>

By 1491, members of both the [[Assassins|Assassin]] and [[Templars|Templar Orders]] had infiltrated Ferdinand and Isabella's close circle in an an attempt to obtain influence over the royal house; Ferdinand's own treasurer, [[Raphael Sánchez|Raphael Sanchez]], was a member of the [[Spanish Assassins|Spanish Assassin Brotherhood]].<ref name="AC2D">''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''</ref>

The following year, Ferdinand and his wife bore witness to the public execution of heretics, during which the Spanish [[Mentor]] [[Benedicto]] was burned at the stake by [[Tomás de Torquemada]]. However, the two other Assassins, [[Aguilar de Nerha]] and [[Maria (Assassin)|Maria]], managed to escape their predicament, leading Ferdinand and his wife to quickly flee the scene.<ref name="ACF">''[[Assassin's Creed (film)]]''</ref>

In 1504, Ferdinand and Isabella made an arrangement with [[Julius II|Pope Julius II]] to have [[Cesare Borgia]] locked up inside the [[Castillo de la Mota]] near [[Valencia]].<ref name="ACB novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]]</ref> Unbeknownst to both Ferdinand and Isabella, the Assassins had secretly been poisoning Isabella for having served the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]], thus finishing the work of her Jewish finance minister and secret Assassin [[Luis de Santángel]]. Isabella subsequently died in November 1504.<ref name="ACPL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - ''[[Contracts (Project Legacy)|Contracts]]''</ref>

In 1507, Ferdinand waged war with [[John III of Navarre]] to conquer the lands of Navarre. During the [[Siege of Viana]], John III gave command over his forces to his brother-in-law Cesare Borgia, who had escaped from the Castillo de la Mota in the previous year. [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], the [[Mentor]] of the [[Italian Assassins]], killed Cesare Borgia during the battle, greatly aiding Ferdinand's forces, although the Navarrese still won a pyrrhic victory.<ref name="ACB novel"/>

When Ezio Auditore went on a journey to the [[Middle East]] in 1511, Ferdinand allowed Ezio safe passage through the southern territories of [[Italy]] that he controlled to return the favor of killing Cesare.<ref name="ACR novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]]</ref>

In 2012, he was included in a [[Mnemonic sets|mnemonic set]] in [[Abstergo Industries]]' [[Project Legacy]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref>

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Isabella I of Castile

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|birth = 22 April 1451 {{Wiki|Madrigal de las Altas Torres}}, [[Spain]]
|death = 26 November 1504 (aged 53) {{Wiki|Medina del Campo}}, Spain
|affiliates = Castile-Aragon Union
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed (film)|Assassin's Creed: The Movie]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization]]''
|actor = [[Marisia S. Peres]] (film)
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'''Isabella I of Castile''' (1451 – 1504) was a Queen of {{Wiki|Castile}} and {{Wiki|León}}, and the wife of [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|King Ferdinand II]]. Furthermore, she was a very religious person and often had contact with [[Tomás de Torquemada]], Inquisitor General and her personal confessor. Her beliefs led her to order order the conversion or exile of their Muslim and Jewish subjects in [[Spain]], in what would later become known as the [[Spanish Inquisition]].

==Biography==
In 1478, Isabella and Ferdinand, seeking further religious unity, requested permission from the Pope to establish an inquisition. Pope [[Sixtus IV]] permitted them to appoint priests as inquisitors.<ref>[https://www.familytreedna.com/assassinscreed/#inside/ ''Assassin's Creed'' movie - Family Tree DNA]</ref>

By 1491, members of both the [[Assassins|Assassin]] and [[Templars|Templar Orders]] had infiltrated Ferdinand and Isabella's close circles. That year, the {{Wiki|Republic of Genoa|Genoese}} explorer [[Christopher Columbus]], a close friend of Isabella's Jewish finance minister and secret Assassin [[Luis de Santángel]], requested Isabella to fund his voyages to the {{Wiki|East Indies}}. The Templars, aware that Columbus route would lead him to discover the {{Wiki|New World}}, deliberately influenced Isabella into prolonging the [[Granada War|ongoing war]] with the [[Moors]], thereby preventing her from funding Columbus.<ref name="AC2D">''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''</ref>

In 1492, the [[Italian Assassins|Italian Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] rescued King [[Muhammad XII of Granada|Muhammad XII]] from a Templar attack on his palace of [[Alhambra]], and persuaded him into putting an end to the war with Ferdinand and Isabella. Queen Isabella, though grateful for Ezio's efforts, was still unable to finance Columbus' journey as her resources were still scarce. In addition to that, she revealed that the King of [[France]] had made Columbus an offer, though Ezio quickly realized it was a Templar trap and rescued Columbus. Luis de Santángel and [[Raphael Sánchez|Raphael Sanchez]], Ferdinand's and Isabella's finance minister, eventually persuaded Isabella to fund half of Columbus' voyage, while they both paid the other half.<ref name="AC2D"/>

That same year, Isabella and Ferdinand were present during the public execution of heretics during which the Spanish [[Mentor]], [[Benedicto]], was burned to the stake by [[Tomás de Torquemada]]. During the ordeal, they also witnessed the escape of [[Aguilar de Nerha]] and [[Maria (Assassin)|Maria]], two other Assassins about to be executed.<ref name="ACF">''[[Assassin's Creed (film)]]''</ref>

When Luis de Santángel died in 1498, the Assassins no longer had any eyes within the Spanish royal circle. In the early 1500s, Ezio Auditore sent a team of Assassins to retrieve Santángel's journal, resulting in the discovery that he had been trying to poison the Queen. Upon investigating whether Santángel's motives were out of revenge for the Spanish Inquisition which had killed most of his family or because of Templar influence, the Assassins found out that Isabella had been exchanging letters with [[Cesare Borgia]], and concluded that she was forced into serving the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]].<ref name="ACPL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - ''[[Contracts (Project Legacy)|Contracts]]''</ref>

[[File:ACIIsabella.png|thumb|250px|Isabella on her deathbed]]
After establishing contact with Santángel's associate, one of Isabella's servants, the Assassins continued Santángel's work and started slowly poisoning the Queen.<ref name="ACPL"/> In 1504, Ferdinand and Isabella made an arrangement with [[Julius II|Pope Julius II]] to have Cesare Borgia imprisoned in the [[Castillo de la Mota]] near [[Valencia]].<ref name="ACB novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]]</ref> However, Isabella later succumbed to the Assassins' poisoning on 26 November.<ref name="ACPL"/>

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