=Ferad-Artho,= son of Cairbre and only surviving descendant of the line of Conar (the first king of Ireland.) On the death of Cathmor (brother of the rebel Cairbar) in battle, Ferad-Artho was placed by Fingal on the throne as “king of Ireland.” The race was thus: (1) Conar (a Caledonian); (2) Cormac I., his son; (3) Cairbre, his son; (4) Artho, his son; (5) Cormac II., his son, (a minor); (6) Ferad-Artho, his cousin.—Ossian, _Temora_, vii. =Fer´amorz,= the young Cashmerian poet who relates poetical tales to Lalla Rookh on her journey from Delhi to Lesser Bucharĭa. Lalla is going to be married to the young sultan, but falls in love with the poet. On the wedding morn she is led to her bridegroom, and finds with unspeakable joy that the poet is the sultan himself.—T. Moore, _Lalla Rookh_ (1817). =Ferda=, son of Damman, chief of a hundred hills in Albion. Ferda was the friend of Cuthullin, general of the Irish forces in the time of king Cormac I. Deuga´la (spouse of Cairbar) loved the youth, and told her husband if he would not divide the herd she would no longer live with him. Cuthullin, being appointed to make the division, enraged the lady by assigning a snow-white bull to the husband, whereupon Duegala induced her lover to challenge Cuthullin to mortal combat. Most unwillingly the two friends fought, and Ferda fell. “The sunbeam of battle fell—the first of Cuthullin’s friends. Unhappy [_unlucky_] is the hand of Cuthullin since the hero fell.”—Ossian, _Fingal_, ii. =Ferdinand=, king of Navarre. He agreed with three young lords to spend three years in severe study, during which time no woman was to approach his court; but no sooner was the agreement made than he fell in love with the princess of France. In consequence of the death of her father, the lady deferred the marriage for twelve months and a day. ... the sole inheritor Of all perfections that a man may owe [_own_] Matchless Navarre. Shakespeare, _Love’s Labor’s Lost_ (1594). _Fer´dinand,_ son of Alonso, king of Naples. He falls in love with Miranda, daughter of Prospero, the exiled duke of Milan.—Shakespeare, _The Tempest_ (1609). Haply so Miranda’s hope had pictured Ferdinand Long ere the gaunt wave tossed him on the shore. Lowell. _Ferdinand_, a fiery young Spaniard, in love with Leonora.—Jephson, _Two Strings to your Bow_ (1792). _Ferdinand_ (_Don_), the son of Don Jerome of Seville, in love with Clara d’Almanza, daughter of Don Guzman.—Sheridan, _The Duenna_ (1773).