House of Trastámara

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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.

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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 Spanish monarchy
surface form: 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
Henry II of Castile
surface form: John I of Castile

John II of Aragon
John II of Castile
John II of Aragon
surface form: John II of Navarre
politicalIdeology hereditary monarchy
region Iberian Peninsula
religion Roman Catholicism
replaced House of Ivrea
surface form: House of Ivrea in Castile
ruled Crown of Aragon
Crown of Castile
Kingdom of Granada
surface form: Kingdom of Granada (after conquest)

Kingdom of León
Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Navarre
Portugal
surface form: Kingdom of Portugal

Kingdom of Sicily
significantEvent War of the Castilian Succession
surface form: 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

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la Beltraneja house House of Trastámara
subject surface form: La Beltraneja
Aragonese kings of Naples linkedTo House of Trastámara