King And Queen Of Spain 1492
In 1469 he married infanta isabella the future queen of castile. Having convinced the king and queen of spain to finance his voyage christopher columbus departed mainland spain on august 3 1492.
Isabella i spanish.
King and queen of spain 1492. The pinta the niña and the santa maría. On january 2 1492 king boabdil surrendered granada to the spanish forces and in 1502 the spanish crown ordered all muslims forcibly converted to christianity. As spanish ruler of southern italy he was also known as ferdinand iii of naples and ferdinand ii of sicily.
Her marriage to ferdinand ii of aragon became the basis for the political unification of spain under their grandson charles v. He quickly made port in the canary islands for a final restocking and left there on september 6. 10 march 1452 23 january 1516 called the catholic spanish.
With their most important project the countrys unification accomplished the king and queen concluded that the jews were expendable. Ferdinand ii was the king of aragon and king of castile as ferdinand v from 1479 joint sovereign with queen isabella i. It happens that in 1492 they conquered grenada the last part of spain that was not under their control and putting it into its present geographical form.
After a struggle to claim her right to the throne. Ferdinand ii aragonese. El católico was king of aragon from 1479 until his death.
He was in command of three ships. He united the spanish kingdoms into the nation of spain. Ferdinand and isabella rejected torquemadas demand that the jews be expelled until january 1492 when the spanish army defeated muslim forces in granada thereby restoring the whole of spain to christian rule.
These seven lineages were eventually united by the marriage of the catholic monarchs ferdinand ii of aragon king of the crown of aragon and isabella i of castile queen of the crown of castile. Isabel 22 april 1451 26 november 1504 reigned as queen of castile from 1474 until her death. Although their kingdoms continued to be separate with their personal union they ruled them together as one dominion.
In 1492 spain was ruled by two people together queen isabella and king ferdinand.