Canary Islands – Crown of Castile

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The Canary Islands – Crown of Castile refers to the historical period and political status in which the Canary Islands were incorporated into and governed as a possession of the Crown of Castile, a major medieval Spanish kingdom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical political entity
territory of the Crown of Castile
appliesTo Canary Islands NERFINISHED
appliesToJurisdiction Castilian monarchy NERFINISHED
appliesToTerritorialEntity El Hierro NERFINISHED
Fuerteventura NERFINISHED
Gran Canaria NERFINISHED
La Gomera NERFINISHED
La Palma NERFINISHED
Lanzarote NERFINISHED
Tenerife NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Crown of Castile NERFINISHED
endTime before the formation of the unified Kingdom of Spain as a modern state
early modern period
followed Lordship-based Castilian claims and concessions over individual islands
independent Guanche polities
followedBy Canary Islands – Monarchy of Spain NERFINISHED
governmentForm territory governed under Castilian law
hasCapital Las Palmas NERFINISHED
San Cristóbal de La Laguna NERFINISHED
hasEconomicActivity sugarcane cultivation
transatlantic trade
wine production
hasPolicy Christianization of the indigenous population
integration into Castilian legal and fiscal systems
hasSovereign Catholic Monarchs NERFINISHED
Ferdinand II of Aragon NERFINISHED
Isabella I of Castile NERFINISHED
monarchs of Castile
hasStrategicRole Atlantic naval and commercial outpost of Castile
base for voyages to the Americas
languageUsed Castilian
Spanish
locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Crown of Castile NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Castile NERFINISHED
partOf Castilian overseas expansion NERFINISHED
Crown of Castile NERFINISHED
precededBy Guanche rule NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
significantEvent completion of the conquest of Tenerife in 1496
establishment of Castilian municipal institutions on the islands
startTime 15th century
after completion of the Castilian conquest of the Canary Islands

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Treaty of Alcáçovas allocatedTo Canary Islands – Crown of Castile
Captain General of the Canary Islands category Canary Islands – Crown of Castile
this entity surface form: History of the Canary Islands