Castile

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constituent territory of Spain former monarchy historical kingdom

Castile was a powerful medieval kingdom in central and northern Spain that became a core region of the emerging Spanish state and a major center of political, cultural, and religious influence in Iberia.

Aliases (5)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constituent territory of Spain → former monarchy → historical kingdom →
capital	Burgos → Toledo → Valladolid →
continent	Europe →
country	Spain →
culturalInfluenceOn	Spanish language → Spanish law → Spanish literature →
currency	maravedí → real →
ethnicGroup	Castilians →
governmentForm	monarchy →
hasPart	Castilian Plateau → New Castile → Old Castile →
historicalCapitalOf	Spanish monarchy →
historicalRegionOf	Spain →
language	Castilian → Spanish →
legalSystem	Siete Partidas →
locatedIn	Iberian Peninsula → central Spain → northern Spain →
mergedWith	Crown of Aragon →
nameEtymology	derived from Latin "castella" meaning "castles" →
notableRuler	Alfonso X of Castile → Ferdinand III of Castile → Isabella I of Castile →
officialReligion	Roman Catholicism →
partOf	Catholic Monarchs' realms → Crown of Castile →
playedRoleIn	Reconquista → Spanish colonization of the Americas → Spanish unification →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
resultedIn	Monarchy of Spain →
rulingDynasty	House of Bourbon → House of Habsburg → House of Ivrea → House of Trastámara →
sharesBorderWith	Kingdom of Aragon → Kingdom of León → Kingdom of Navarre → Kingdom of Portugal →
timePeriod	Early modern period → Middle Ages →

Referenced by (64)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alfonso X of Castile ("Kingdom of Castile") → Eleanor of Castile → Francisco de Vitoria ("Kingdom of Castile") → Joseph Gikatilla → Joseph Gikatilla ("Kingdom of Castile") → Michael Servetus ("Spain") →	birthPlace
Catholic Monarchs ("Kingdom of Castile") → King of Castile ("Kingdom of Castile") → Royal Council of Castile →	appliesToJurisdiction
Eleanor of Castile ("Kingdom of Castile") → Niña ("Kingdom of Castile") → Siete Partidas ("Kingdom of Castile") →	countryOfOrigin
Kingdom of Spain → Kingdom of Toledo → Meseta Central ("Old Castile") →	historicalRegion
Henry IV of Castile ("Kingdom of Castile") → Mary of Hungary ("Kingdom of Castile") → Philip I of Castile ("Kingdom of Castile") →	placeOfDeath
Kingdom of León ("Kingdom of Castile") → Kingdom of Murcia ("Kingdom of Castile") →	borderedBy
Alfonso X of Castile ("Kingdom of Castile") → Joseph Gikatilla ("Kingdom of Castile") →	countryOfCitizenship
Castile ("Old Castile") → Castile ("New Castile") →	hasPart
Castile-La Mancha → Royal Council of Castile →	namedAfter
Henares River → María Enríquez de Toledo y Guzmán →	region
Aragon ("Kingdom of Castile") → Kingdom of León ("Kingdom of Castile") →	unionWith
alumbrados →	activeIn
Córdoba (historical) ("Kingdom of Castile") →	afterConquestBy
Tordesillas ("Kingdom of Castile") →	associatedWithCountry
Saint Dominic ("Kingdom of Castile") →	birthCountry
Reconquista ("Kingdom of Castile") →	carriedOutBy
Guanche people ("Kingdom of Castile") →	conqueredBy
Iberian Peninsula →	contains
Moorish Castle ("Kingdom of Castile") →	controlledBy
Spanish Inquisition ("Kingdom of Castile") →	country
Moses de León ("Kingdom of Castile") →	countryOfDeath
Kabbalah →	developedIn
Kingdom of León ("Kingdom of Castile and León") →	followedBy
Valladolid ("Kingdom of Castile") →	formerCapitalOf
House of Alba ("Kingdom of Castile") →	foundingLocation
Knights Hospitaller →	hadMembersFrom
Kingdom of Navarre ("Kingdom of Castile") →	hasBorderWith
Spanish-speaking world ("Kingdom of Castile") →	hasColonialLanguageOrigin
Catholic Monarchy ("Kingdom of Castile") →	hasComponentTerritory
Aragonese Crusade ("Kingdom of Castile") →	hasMainBelligerent
Hundred Years' War ("Kingdom of Castile") →	hasParticipant
Extremadura →	historicalRegionOf
John II of Castile →	historicalRegionRuled
War of the Two Peters →	involvedRegion
Cortes of Castile →	locatedIn
Henry IV of Castile ("Kingdom of Castile") →	monarchOf
Pinta ("Kingdom of Castile") →	operatedBy
Lordship of Biscay ("Kingdom of Castile") →	partOf
Kingdom of Granada ("Kingdom of Castile") →	paysTributeTo
Crown of Castile ("Kingdom of Castile") →	predecessor
Juana de Zúñiga →	regionAssociatedWith
Eleanor of Castile →	residence
Treaty of Tordesillas ("Kingdom of Castile") →	signatory
Crown of Castile →	territoryIncluded
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ("Kingdom of Castile") →	territoryRuled