One such coin is the 100-ducat gold coin from 1629, made for Habsburg ruler Ferdinand III ... When the threat of World War II loomed and the Nazi army began to take over Europe, a collector ...

Ferdinand II’s coronation turned the Thirty Years’ War (1618-48), until then a series of armed scuffles between rival aristocrats and their militias, often over local issues (in one notorious ...

King Ferdinand II used the code to talk about war strategy. The Army Museum confirmed to ABC News that these codes were used during the wars of Italy by the "Catholic King" : "These two letters ...

Crafty King Ferdinand II of Aragon's historic letters have baffled historians and code crackers for centuries. The letters were written in a code that contained more than 200 symbols, which looked ...