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- the Noble or Él de las Navas, was the King of Castile from 1158 to his death ... a treaty with the Muslims after the battle of Alarcos. Representations of ...13 KB (2,041 words) - 06:52, 20 July 2023
- Afonso I, King of Portugal, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques ... cousins and the recognition by the Kingdom of Castile and León that Portugal ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 19:49, 28 September 2020
- 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
- revivalists who set themselves the task of eradicating laxness and enforcing ... earlier policy, regarding the Muslim princes of Andalusia as almost infidel ...15 KB (2,322 words) - 08:17, 23 July 2023
- educated in the royal court of the Kingdom of Castile and became an important ... The nickname "El Cid Campeador" is a compound of two separate ...21 KB (3,514 words) - 02:49, 17 January 2023
- Florenszoon Boeyens, served as Bishop of Rome from January 9, 1522, ... Born in Utrecht, he studied at the University of Louvain in France ...11 KB (1,609 words) - 09:24, 24 November 2022
- 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
- Katherine of Aragon (Alcalá de Henares, December 16, 1485 – January ... male heirs died in childhood, with only one of their six children, Princess ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 16:17, 3 December 2023
- to Catholicism during the Reconquista of Spain. The term later became ... methods as forced conversions, the education of Morisco children in Catholic ...12 KB (1,750 words) - 08:34, 27 January 2025
- from the Sahara that spread over a wide area of North-Western Africa and the ... The exact meaning of "Murabit" (from which Almoravid is ...19 KB (2,956 words) - 08:18, 23 July 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
- 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
- , also called Haakon the Old, was king of Norway from 1217 to 1263. Under ... a single (rather than two co-rulers) king of legitimate birth succeeded ...19 KB (3,123 words) - 23:53, 29 July 2023
- 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
- for "Reconquest") was a period of 750 years in which several ... ===Kingdom of Castile=== Ferdinand I of Leon was the leading king of ...48 KB (7,486 words) - 21:14, 23 July 2022
- 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
- Many Jews converted to Christianity after the reconquest of Spain ... formally established the Inquisition in the Kingdom of Castile. ...22 KB (3,432 words) - 08:11, 29 April 2025
- A monarchy is a form of government in which supreme power is absolutely ... Although monarchy is a system of government with a single sovereign ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 21:12, 14 February 2025
- |birth_place=Calaruega, Province of Burgos, Kingdom of Castile (Spain) ... (1170 – August 6, 1221), was the founder of the Friars Preachers, popularly ...19 KB (2,876 words) - 19:37, 22 December 2022
- A detergent is a chemical compound or mixture of compounds used as ... Although detergents are very useful, the excessive use of certain ...26 KB (3,968 words) - 21:42, 30 January 2023
