Union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon

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The Union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon was the dynastic unification of Spain’s two major medieval kingdoms under the Catholic Monarchs, laying the foundation for the early modern Spanish state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dynastic union
historical event
political union
alsoKnownAs dynastic union of the Catholic Monarchs
union of the Catholic Monarchs
basisOfUnion personal union
capitalAfterUnion Toledo
Valladolid
country Spain
countryFormed Monarchy of Spain
linked to: Spanish monarchy
dynasty House of Habsburg
House of Trastámara
followedBy composite Monarchy of Spain
linked to: Spanish monarchy
hasMonarch Ferdinand II of Aragon
Isabella I of Castile
hasPart Crown of Aragon
Crown of Castile
historicalPeriod early modern period
late Middle Ages
influenced European balance of power in the late 15th century
Spanish colonization of the Americas
keyFigure Charles I of Spain
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Isabella I of Castile
language Aragonese
linked to: Aragonese language

Castilian
Catalan
Galician
legalStatus separate institutions maintained
shared monarch
location Iberian Peninsula
maintained separate Cortes for Castile and Aragon
separate laws for Castile and Aragon
marriageDateOfFounders 1469
politicalStructure composite monarchy
precededBy separate monarchies of Castile and Aragon
relatedEvent marriage of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon
religion Roman Catholicism
resultedIn centralization of royal authority in Spain
emergence of early modern Spanish state
formation of a composite monarchy
significance key step in the political unification of Spain
laid foundation for unified Spanish monarchy
significantEvent completion of the Reconquista
conquest of Granada
linked to: Granada War

expulsion of the Jews from Spain
sponsorship of Christopher Columbus
startDate 1479
startEvent accession of Ferdinand II to the Crown of Aragon

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Catholic Monarchy hasKeyEvent Union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon
Crown of Aragon unionEvent marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile
linked to: Union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon
Principality of Catalonia significantEvent Union of the Crown of Aragon with the Crown of Castile
linked to: Union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon
Reconquista hasKeyEvent union of Castile and Aragon
linked to: Union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon
Union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon alsoKnownAs union of the Catholic Monarchs
linked to: Union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon
Kingdom of Aragon event Union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon
medieval Spain hasImportantEvent Union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon
Treaty of Almazán hasTopic Castile–Aragon relations
linked to: Union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon