Catholic Monarchy

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composite monarchy dynastic union early modern polity

The Catholic Monarchy was the composite dynastic union of the Spanish Habsburg and later Bourbon realms, characterized by centralized royal authority and a strong commitment to Roman Catholicism as a unifying political and religious ideology.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Catholic monarchy	1
Monarquía Católica	1
Spanish Monarchy	1
central administration of the Catholic Monarchy	1

Statements (90)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	composite monarchy ⓘ dynastic union ⓘ early modern polity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Catholic Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Monarquía Católica Spanish Empire ⓘ surface form: Monarquía Hispánica Catholic Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Spanish Monarchy
hasCapital	Madrid ⓘ
hasCentralInstitution	Council of State ⓘ Council of War ⓘ Council of the Indies ⓘ Inquisition ⓘ Royal Council of Castile ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	confessionalization of politics ⓘ global overseas empire ⓘ integration of church and state ⓘ maintenance of local privileges in composite realms ⓘ strong royal centralization ⓘ
hasComponentTerritory	Balearic Islands ⓘ Canary Islands ⓘ Crown of Aragon ⓘ Crown of Castile ⓘ Burgundian Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Duchy of Burgundy (Spanish Netherlands) Duchy of Milan ⓘ Kingdom of Aragon ⓘ Castile ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Castile Kingdom of Galicia ⓘ Kingdom of Granada ⓘ Kingdom of León ⓘ Kingdom of Naples ⓘ Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Naples and Sicily Kingdom of Navarre ⓘ Portugal ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ Kingdom of Valencia ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Principality of Catalonia ⓘ Spanish America ⓘ Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Spanish Netherlands
hasDynasty	House of Bourbon ⓘ House of Habsburg ⓘ
hasEconomicBase	American silver ⓘ Castilian taxation ⓘ Mediterranean and Atlantic trade ⓘ
hasForeignRival	Dutch Republic ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ France ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of France Ottoman Empire ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm	absolutist monarchy ⓘ hereditary monarchy ⓘ
hasIdeology	Catholic confessional monarchy ⓘ Counter-Reformation ⓘ surface form: Counter-Reformation Catholicism
hasKeyEvent	Bourbon Reforms ⓘ Council of Trent ⓘ surface form: Council of Trent implementation in Spanish realms Iberian Union ⓘ Spanish Inquisition ⓘ surface form: Spanish Inquisition persecutions Union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon ⓘ War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ expulsion of the Moriscos ⓘ
hasLegalSystem	Castilian law ⓘ local fueros and privileges ⓘ
hasPredecessor	Crown of Aragon ⓘ Crown of Castile ⓘ Kingdom of Granada ⓘ Kingdom of Navarre ⓘ
hasReligion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasReligiousPolicy	defense of papal authority ⓘ enforcement of Catholic orthodoxy ⓘ persecution of Protestantism ⓘ
hasRuler	Charles I of Spain ⓘ Charles II of Spain ⓘ Charles III of Spain ⓘ Charles IV of Spain ⓘ Ferdinand VI of Spain ⓘ Ferdinand VII of Spain ⓘ Philip II of Spain ⓘ Philip III of Spain ⓘ Philip IV of Spain ⓘ Philip V of Spain ⓘ
hasSuccessor	Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
hasSymbol	Bourbon coat of arms ⓘ Cross of Burgundy ⓘ Habsburg coat of arms ⓘ
hasTimePeriod	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
usesLanguage	Spanish ⓘ surface form: Castilian Spanish Catalan ⓘ Latin ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catholic Monarchy → alsoKnownAs → Catholic Monarchy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Monarquía Católica

Catholic Monarchy → alsoKnownAs → Catholic Monarchy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Monarchy

Council of War → appliesToJurisdiction → Catholic Monarchy ⓘ

Catholic Majesty → category → Catholic Monarchy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catholic monarchy

Council of State → partOf → Catholic Monarchy ⓘ

this entity surface form: central administration of the Catholic Monarchy

Spanish Empire → partOf → Catholic Monarchy ⓘ