Crown of Castile

E8378
constituent kingdom of Spain historical kingdom monarchy

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.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Catholic Monarchs' realms 1
Crown of Spain 1
Kingdom of Castile 1
Kingdom of Spain 1
Spanish Crown 1

Statements (63)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (193)

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

Joanna of Castile → deathPlace → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Mariana of Austria → deathPlace → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Philip II of Spain → deathPlace → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Philip IV of Spain → deathPlace → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Amerigo Vespucci → employer → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Christopher Columbus → employer → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Ferdinand Magellan → employer → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Miguel López de Legazpi → employer → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Governorate of New Castile → establishedBy → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Moriscos → expelledFrom → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Pinta → financedBy → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Concepción → flag → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Ferdinand Magellan → flag → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Pinta → flag → Crown of Castile ⓘ
San Antonio → flag → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Trinidad → flag → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Kingdom of León → followedBy → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Kingdom of Toledo → followedBy → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Spanish Navy → foundedBy → Crown of Castile ⓘ
papal bull Inter caetera → grantedRightsTo → Crown of Castile ⓘ
subject surface form: Inter caetera
this entity surface form: Crown of Spain
Catholic Monarchy → hasComponentTerritory → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Age of Exploration → hasKeyParticipant → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Age of Exploration → hasKeyParticipant → Crown of Castile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Spain
Habsburg Spain → hasPart → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Catholic Monarchy → hasPredecessor → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Castile and León → historicalRegion → Crown of Castile ⓘ
subject surface form: Castilleja de la Cuesta
Kingdom of Navarre → incorporatedInto → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Kingdom of Seville → incorporatedInto → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Spanish Inquisition → jurisdiction → Crown of Castile ⓘ
County of Trastámara → laterSovereignState → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Casa de Contratación → locatedIn → Crown of Castile ⓘ
War of the Castilian Succession → locatedIn → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Treaty of Tordesillas → locationSigned → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Lordship of Biscay → mergedInto → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Ferdinand II of Aragon → monarchOf → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Isabella I of Castile → monarchOf → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Joanna of Castile → monarchOf → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Philip II of Spain → monarchOf → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Santa María → operatedBy → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Concepción → operator → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Spanish galleon trade → operator → Crown of Castile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish Crown
Castile → partOf → Crown of Castile ⓘ