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Spain - Reconquista, Castile, Aragon: When Ferdinand II (1479–1516; also known as Ferdinand V of Castile from 1474) succeeded to the Crown of Aragon in 1479, the union of Aragon (roughly eastern Spain) and Castile (roughly western Spain) was finally achieved, and the Trastámara became the second most powerful monarchs in Europe, after the Valois of France. The different royal houses of the ...
Oct 29, 2009 · Just 18 years old at the time, King Charles I granted his support to Magellan, who in turn promised the young king that his westward sea voyage would bring immeasurable riches to Spain. Strait of ...
Philip II. "As the son of Charles V, I ruled the Netherlands, Spain, Sicily, and Spain's colonies in the Americas." Huguenot. "I was a French Calvinist Protestant." Cardinal Richelieu. "I was Louis XIII's chief minister and most trusted advisor." Louis XIV. "Nicknamed the Sun King, I was history's best example of an absolute monarch."
The Spanish Armada (often known as Invincible Armada, or the Enterprise of England, Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, lit. 'Great and Most Fortunate Navy') was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat without previous naval experience appointed by Philip II of Spain.
The basis of his power was Spain: uniting in his person for the first time the crowns of Castile, Navarra and Aragón, Charles was the first king of Spain as a unified whole. His dominions also included the kingdoms of Naples, Sicily and Sardinia together with the Netherlands as part of the Burgundian inheritance.
Aug 15, 2023 · Born on February 24, 1500, in Ghent, Charles was the son of Philip the Handsome of Burgundy and Joanna the Mad of Castile. Due to a series of deaths in the family and the complex network of Habsburg marriages, Charles inherited a vast realm. He became Duke of Burgundy, ruler of the Netherlands, and King of Castile and Aragon (as Charles I of ...
Roman Catholicism. Signature. Isabella I ( Spanish: Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), [2] also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: Isabel la Católica ), was Queen of Castile and León from 1474 until her death in 1504. She was also Queen of Aragon from 1479 until her death as the wife of King Ferdinand II.
