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- Isabella of Castile (April 22, 1451 – November 26, 1504) was queen ... A pious Catholic, Isabella focused on converting the citizens of her ...18 KB (2,888 words) - 14:10, 30 November 2024
- Philippa of Hainault (June 24, 1311 – August 15, 1369) was the queen ... who persuaded her husband to spare the lives of the Burghers of Calais after ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 03:42, 4 November 2025
- child of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. Through her mother ... child of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. Her older siblings ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 16:17, 3 December 2023
- Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster (c. 1310 - March 23, 1361), also ... Edward III showed that he was a better judge of character than his father. ...14 KB (2,187 words) - 15:52, 15 July 2024
- Edward II (April 25, 1284 – September 21, 1327), of Caernarfon, ... to establish colleges in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge; he founded ...27 KB (4,277 words) - 18:25, 12 February 2024
- The Battle of Granada was a siege of the city of Granada fought over ... Granada contains the beautiful Alhambra palace, a gem of Islamic architecture ...14 KB (2,177 words) - 20:23, 1 November 2023
- Henry IV (April 3, 1367 – March 20, 1413) was the King of England ... Upon his return, Henry used the opportunity of Richard's absence (in ...22 KB (3,294 words) - 11:15, 25 June 2024
- The Treaty of Tordesillas (Portuguese: Tratado de Tordesilhas, Spanish: ... ratified by Spain (at the time, the Crowns of Castile and Aragon), July 2 ...16 KB (2,550 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- ) (May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 ... his empire across continents, creating one of the vastest empires ever known ...34 KB (5,231 words) - 01:55, 4 November 2025
- Berengaria of Navarre ( Berenguela , Bérengère ) (c. 1165 – December 23, 1230) was queen consort to King Richard ...16 KB (2,644 words) - 10:59, 28 September 2023
- Many Jews converted to Christianity after the reconquest of Spain ... Hojeda of Seville convinced Queen Isabella I of Castile that crypto-Judaism ...22 KB (3,432 words) - 08:11, 29 April 2025
- official use) was an important ruling house of Europe and is most well known ... Vienna, the elegant, artistic, and intellectually creative capital ...24 KB (3,534 words) - 22:08, 21 June 2024
- for "Reconquest") was a period of 750 years in which several ... of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, Boadbil capitulated ...48 KB (7,486 words) - 21:14, 23 July 2022
- the Fair (French: le Bel), son and successor of Philip III, reigned as King ... A member of the House of Capet, Philip was born at the Palace of Fontainebleau ...24 KB (3,675 words) - 01:55, 4 November 2025
- Eleanor of Aquitaine, Duchess of Aquitaine and Gascony and Countess ... Her contemporaries included Hildegard of Bingen, Heloise, (Peter Abelard ...39 KB (6,271 words) - 00:13, 13 February 2024
- The Portuguese Empire was the earliest and longest lived of the modern ... As skilled Portuguese sailors explored the coasts and islands of East ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- the Atlantic Ocean, in 1492, in search of a direct sea route to the Indies ... monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, who, by marrying ...38 KB (6,067 words) - 21:42, 10 December 2023
- The Spanish Inquisition was founded in 1478 by Ferdinand and Isabella ... baptized Christians. During a large part of its history, however, freedom ...61 KB (9,267 words) - 12:36, 18 September 2023
- The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the ... of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile). The remaining Muslims ...36 KB (5,663 words) - 09:43, 1 June 2025
- Inquisition, (capitalized I) as broadly used, refers to the judgment ... to the modern mindset. However, the notion of religious liberty and of freedom ...22 KB (3,223 words) - 07:54, 30 November 2024
