House of Trastámara

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noble house royal dynasty

The House of Trastámara was a late medieval and early modern royal dynasty that originated in Castile and came to rule much of the Iberian Peninsula, laying foundations for the rise of Spain as a major European power.

Aliases (2)

Aragonese dynasty ×1
Trastámara dynasty ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	noble house → royal dynasty →
coatOfArms	arms of Castile and León quartered with other dynastic symbols →
continent	Europe →
countryOfOrigin	Crown of Castile →
dynasticUnion	Crown of Castile and Crown of Aragon →
endTime	early 16th century →
era	Early modern period → Late Middle Ages →
followed	House of Ivrea →
followedBy	House of Habsburg →
foundedBy	Henry II of Castile →
hasDemonym	Trastámaran →
helpedForm	Monarchy of Spain →
inception	1369 →
knownFor	laying foundations for Spain as a major European power →
languageUsed	Castilian →
namedAfter	County of Trastámara →
notableMember	Alfonso V of Aragon → Catherine of Lancaster → Ferdinand I of Aragon → Ferdinand II of Aragon → Henry II of Castile → Henry III of Castile → Henry IV of Castile → Isabella I of Castile → Joanna la Beltraneja → John I of Castile → John II of Aragon → John II of Castile → John II of Navarre →
politicalIdeology	hereditary monarchy →
region	Iberian Peninsula →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
replaced	House of Ivrea in Castile →
ruled	Crown of Aragon → Crown of Castile → Kingdom of Granada (after conquest) → Kingdom of León → Kingdom of Naples → Kingdom of Navarre → Kingdom of Portugal → Kingdom of Sicily →
significantEvent	Castilian Civil War → War of the Castilian Succession → completion of the Reconquista → expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 → sponsorship of Christopher Columbus’s first voyage → union of the crowns of Castile and Aragon →
startTime	1369 →

Referenced by (40)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Castile → County of Barcelona → Kingdom of Aragon → Kingdom of Naples ("Aragonese dynasty") → Spanish America → Spanish Empire →	rulingDynasty
Crown of Aragon → King of Aragon → King of Sicily → Kingdom of Sicily → Union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon →	dynasty
Alfonso V of Aragon → Ferdinand II of Aragon → Henry IV of Castile → Joanna la Beltraneja → John II of Castile →	nobleFamily
Catherine of Aragon → Isabella I of Castile → Joanna la Beltraneja → Joanna of Castile →	house
House of Barcelona → House of Ivrea →	followedBy
Catherine of Lancaster → Trastámaran →	memberOf
Trastámaran ("Trastámara dynasty") → Trastámaran →	relatedTerm
Crown of Aragon → Crown of Castile →	unionDynasty
King of Naples → Prince of Asturias →	usedByDynasty
County of Trastámara →	associatedDynasty
King of Castile →	associatedWithDynasty
County of Trastámara →	gaveNameTo
Spanish monarchy →	hasPredecessorDynasty
Kingdom of Valencia →	hasRulingDynasty
Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal →	memberOfRoyalHouse
House of Alba →	relatedDynasty
Catherine of Lancaster →	royalHouseByMarriage
Compromise of Caspe →	significantEventFor
Crown of Castile and Crown of Aragon →	unifiedDynasty