Named after the king Ferdinand III of Castile. During his reign the united forces of Christian kings
re-conquered the most territory from the Moors. Especially he conquered the old Umayyad capital
of Córdoba in 1236, Alicante in 1248, and finally also in 1248 Seville. After his conquest (and the
victories of Portuguese in the west) only the Emirate of Granada remained in the hands of the Moors.

Emirate of Granada survived for quite a long time and finally fell 1492
to Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. The "other Ferdinand".
In the same year one certain captain from Genoa, Christopher Columbus, got dispensation
from Isabella and Ferdinand for his voyage west. The world was never the same again...