Crown of Castile

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The Crown of Castile was a powerful late medieval and early modern Iberian kingdom whose maritime expansion and sponsorship of voyages, including those of Christopher Columbus, made it a central driver of Spanish overseas exploration and empire-building.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent kingdom of Spain
historical kingdom
monarchy
administrativeCenterForEmpire Council of the Indies
capital Madrid
Toledo
Valladolid
continent Europe
country Spain
currency maravedí
real
economicActivity transatlantic trade with the Americas
wool trade
endTime 1715
formedPersonalUnionUnder Catholic Monarchs
governmentForm hereditary monarchy
language Castilian
Spanish
legalSystem Siete Partidas
locatedIn Iberian Peninsula
monarch Alfonso X of Castile
Charles I of Spain
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Henry IV of Castile
Isabella I of Castile
John II of Castile
Philip II of Spain
nobleEstate Castilian nobility
parliament Cortes of Castile
partOf Kingdom of Spain
surface form: Monarchy of Spain
predecessor Castile
surface form: Kingdom of Castile

Caliphate of Córdoba
surface form: Kingdom of Córdoba

Kingdom of Galicia
Kingdom of Granada
Kingdom of Jaén
Kingdom of León
Kingdom of Murcia
Kingdom of Seville
Kingdom of Toledo
Lordship of Biscay
reasonForEnd Nueva Planta decrees and administrative unification of Spain
religion Roman Catholicism
roleInHistory core territory of the Spanish Empire
principal driver of Spanish overseas expansion
significantEvent War of the Castilian Succession
surface form: Castilian Civil War

Treaty of Tordesillas
War of the Castilian Succession
completion of the Reconquista with conquest of Granada
sponsorship of Christopher Columbus's first voyage
union of the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of León
sponsored Christopher Columbus
sponsoredVoyage first voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492
startTime 1230
successor Kingdom of Spain
Spanish Empire
territoryIncluded Andalusia
Canary Islands
Castile
Extremadura
Galicia
León
Murcia
unionWith Crown of Aragon

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Fontiveros, Ávila, Crown of Castile countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
subject surface form: Saint John of the Cross
John of Trastámara countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Diego de Villarroel countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Adrián de Moxica countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Pizarro countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
subject surface form: Francisco Pizarro
Viceroy Blasco Núñez Vela countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
subject surface form: Blasco Núñez Vela
Pedro González de Mendoza, Cardinal of Spain countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
subject surface form: Pedro González de Mendoza
María de Mendoza countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Pedro de la Gasca countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
House of Lugo countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
subject surface form: Alonso Fernández de Lugo
Diego de Mazariegos countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
María de Solís countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Philip I of Portugal countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Jorge Robledo countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
1st Duke of la Vega countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
subject surface form: Luis Colón de Toledo, 1st Duke of la Vega
Diego Colón countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
5th Marquis of Cañete countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
subject surface form: García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete
Pedro Alonso Niño countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Francisco Niño countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Rodrigo Orgóñez countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Pedro de Ursúa countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Alonso de Mercadillo countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Luis Colón countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Pinzón brothers countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Diego de Mendoza countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
María de Padilla countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile