Crown of Castile and Crown of Aragon

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The Crown of Castile and the Crown of Aragon were the two major late medieval Iberian kingdoms whose eventual union under a single dynasty laid the foundation for the formation of a unified Spanish monarchy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Iberian polity
Iberian polity
historical political entities
medieval composite monarchy
medieval kingdom
capital Barcelona
Burgos
Toledo
Valladolid
Zaragoza
colonialExpansion Americas
conquered Kingdom of Granada
conquestOfGranadaYear 1492
continent Europe
Europe
formedByUnionOf County of Barcelona
Kingdom of Aragon
Castile
surface form: Kingdom of Castile

Kingdom of León
historicalEra Early Modern period
Late Middle Ages
laidFoundationFor unified Spanish monarchy
language Aragonese language
surface form: Aragonese

Spanish
surface form: Castilian

Catalan
Occitan
legalSystem Siete Partidas
locatedIn Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
maritimeExpansion Mediterranean Sea
monarchTitle Count of Barcelona
King of Aragon
King of Castile
King of León
notableMonarch Alfonso X of Castile
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Henry IV of Castile
Isabella I of Castile
James I of Aragon
notableRulers Ferdinand II of Aragon
Isabella I of Castile
participatedIn Reconquista
Reconquista
possessed Kingdom of Majorca
Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Sicily
Kingdom of Valencia
Sardinia
predecessor Castile
surface form: Kingdom of Castile

Kingdom of León
region Iberian Peninsula
religion Roman Catholicism
Roman Catholicism
Roman Catholicism
sponsoredVoyageOf Christopher Columbus
sponsorshipYearColumbusFirstVoyage 1492
successor Spanish monarchy
surface form: Monarchy of Spain

Spanish monarchy
surface form: Monarchy of Spain
unificationProcess personal union
unifiedDynasty House of Trastámara
unifiedUnder Catholic Monarchs
unionConsolidatedUnder Catholic Monarchs
Catholic Monarchs
unionDynasty House of Trastámara
House of Trastámara
unionWith Crown of Aragon
Crown of Castile
unionYear 1479
1479

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House of Trastámara dynasticUnion Crown of Castile and Crown of Aragon
Kingdom of Aragon successor Crown of Castile and Crown of Aragon
this entity surface form: Crown of Castile and Aragon
Treaty of Alcañiz relatedTo Crown of Castile and Crown of Aragon
this entity surface form: Crown of Castile–Crown of Aragon relations