Marriage(s) and Relationships: Married to: King d'Aragon Ferdinand II-V *The Catholic* 19 OCT 1469, Valladolid
Child:Princess of the Asturias Isabella Child:Crown Prince d'Aragon+Castile Juan Child:Joanna\Juana *The Mad* d'Aragon Child:Maria d'Aragon Child:Catherine d'AragonNotes: Father: , John II (Juan II) of Castile, King of Castile & León, b. 6 MAR
1405.
Mother: , Isabella of Portugal, b. 1428.
They introduced the Inquisition in 1480 and gave control of it to
Torquemada in 1483. They expelled the Jews
and took last Moorish kingdom at Granada in 1492.
Source: Brian Tompsett
Isabella I (1451-1504), queen of Castile, called la Católica ("the
Catholic"), and a sponsor of the voyages of Christopher Columbus. She was
the daughter of John II of Castile and León by his second wife, Isabella
of Portugal. In 1469 Princess Isabella married Ferdinand of Aragón, known
also as Ferdinand V, the Catholic.
On the death of her brother, Henry IV, Isabella and Ferdinand jointly
succeeded (1474) to the throne of Castile and León. Isabella's succession
was contested, however, by Alfonso V of Portugal, who supported the claim
of Henry's daughter Juana la Beltraneja. Alfonso attacked Castile and
León but was defeated by the
Castilian army in 1476. Three years later Ferdinand succeeded to the
throne of Aragón. This union of the two main Spanish kingdoms laid the
foundation of Spain's future greatness. They had five children, including
Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIII of England, and Joanna
the Mad, who was the mother of Charles V, king of Spain and Holy Roman
Emperor. Isabella and her husband (known together as "the Catholic
kings") are remembered for initiating the Inquisition in 1478, for
completing the reconquest of Spain from the Moors and for their ruthless
expulsion of the Spanish Jews, both in 1492. That same year they
sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage, which led to the creation of the
overseas Spanish colonial empire, bringing great wealth and power to
Spain.
Source: Microsoft(R) Encarta.
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