Crown of Castile

Ferdinand and Isabella moved their kingdom into a great age for Spain, but did not achieve this in the best way. The marriage of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella joined their family’s two kingdoms. Queen Isabella was the daughter of King John II of Castile. King Ferdinand was the son of King John I of Aragon (When). King Ferdinand was born on March 10, 1452 in Aragon, Spain (Ferdinand II). Isabella was born in Madrigal de las

To suggest that Isabella was successful from the outset in securing the Castilian crown and the support of its people would be a foolish interpretation. It took ten years before she was fully accepted as rightful ruler, during which time a number of important factors developed that today can be seen as the clearest reasons for her success. Paramount among these was her determined, intellectual and shrewd personality and character. Without these traits, the other factors would have been irrelevant

indigenous cultures such as the Inca, Taino, Aztec, Tupi, and thousands of other bands throughout the Americas”. The Treaty of Tordesillas’ was to solve the disagreement that had been created after Christopher Columbus and his crew sailed for the Crown of Castile. When Christopher was heading back to Spain, his first stop was Lisbon, in Portugal. He asked for a meeting with King John II to discuss the discovered lands. After the Portuguese were informed about Columbus’ voyage, the King threatened the

The Rise of the Spanish Empire During the Medieval Ages, the Iberian Peninsula was composed of different domains of which the north was occupied by the Christian kingdoms and the Islamic kingdoms in the south. The peninsula was a place of constant bloody war and sagacious politicking between kingdoms. The constant wars virtually made the sufferings and wailings of the common people eternal until two excellent monarchs of two contiguous Iberian kingdoms, heir-to-the-throne monarchs equal in beauty

Christopher Columbus is an Italian Explorer who had convinced King Ferdinand, the Second and Queen Isabella the First to fund a voyage to Asia to establish trade with China, Japan, India, and the Spice Islands to get valuable spices and silks. Spain went with a foreign explorer because of his benefits over the local explorers. To see what these people's motives are and what they want I will do a background check for the King, the Queen, and Columbus. I’ll also go through why the King and Queen went

Her mother was the Princess of Portugal. King John II, of Castile, was her father. Isabella never really knew her father as he died when she was only four years old. Isabella was well educated and from a very young age was taught she could achieve great things. When King John II died, he left the Kingdom of Castile to Isabella’s step brother Henry. (Bucklin). Later when Isabella’s brother died, she had to fight to become ruler of Castile against her Niece Juana who tried to take over the throne

making his rule feel like a foreign authority. However, the death of his paternal grandfather Maximilian elected him as King of Germany in 1519 and required him to leave Spain, humiliating the Spanish aristocrats and its people. His decision to leave Castile under Flemish nobles, specifically Dutch cleric Adrian of Utrecht, enthused a rebellion that started after the death of Queen Isabella, leading to massive political instability. The budding

In an interview with King Ferdinand in 1483 after his capture, Boabdil offers his subservience to the Spanish Crown as ruler of Granada in exchange for his freedom. Ferdinand grants this to him. On Boabdil’s return to Granada, however, he is no longer recognized by Islamic clerics as the sole, legitimate ruler. He returns again to Castile to meet with Ferdinand in 1486, this time he offers to aid Ferdinand and Isabella in conquering Granada as long as they leave him a small

maker in Castile while he acted as her consort. Isabella kept control of the territory by imposing direct personal authority by traveling throughout the kingdom, up to 1200 miles per year. She particularly focused on internal affairs of government and justice systems there, initiating reforms of the political system, implementing a book of law and creating a standing army. To assert her authority over the restless Castilian nobility and instill subjects with a sense of loyalty to the crown, she brought

and took back all of Moorish Spain. After several centuries, the Moors were at their weakest moment. No other caliph from North Africa, or the Middle East could save the Moors. In 1469, the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon were united by the marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. Soon, the Moors only had control of the Kingdom of Granada. The Moors were extremely economically, politically and militarily weak. In 1492, the last outpost of the Moors had fallen. Spain had captured