Crown of Castile

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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.

Castile → partOf → Crown of Castile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catholic Monarchs' realms
County of Trastámara → partOf → Crown of Castile ⓘ
King of Castile → partOf → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Kingdom of Galicia → partOf → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Kingdom of Jaén → partOf → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Kingdom of Murcia → partOf → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Kingdom of Seville → partOf → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Lordship of Biscay → partOf → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Kingdom of Navarre → partialAnnexationBy → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Kingdom of Granada → paysTributeTo → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Diego Velázquez → placeOfBirth → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Iron Duke → placeOfBirth → Crown of Castile ⓘ
subject surface form: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
Henry IV of Castile → placeOfBirth → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Hernando de Soto → placeOfBirth → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Joanna of Austria → placeOfBirth → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Juan Ponce de León → placeOfBirth → Crown of Castile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Castile
Juan Sebastián Elcano → placeOfBirth → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Pedro de Alvarado → placeOfBirth → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Pedro de Valdivia → placeOfBirth → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Philip III of Portugal → placeOfBirth → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Diego Velázquez → placeOfDeath → Crown of Castile ⓘ
El Greco → placeOfDeath → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Eleanor of Austria → placeOfDeath → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Ferdinand II of Aragon → placeOfDeath → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Joanna of Austria → placeOfDeath → Crown of Castile ⓘ
House of Trastámara → ruled → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Niña → sailedUnderFlag → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Treaty of Tordesillas → signatory → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Governorate of New Toledo → sovereignState → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Kingdom of Jaén → sovereignState → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Kingdom of Granada → successor → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Kingdom of Murcia → successor → Crown of Castile ⓘ
King of Castile → titleHolderOf → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Crown of Aragon → unionWith → Crown of Castile ⓘ
subject surface form: Crown of Aragon
Kingdom of Navarre → unionWith → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Kingdom of Granada → vassalOf → Crown of Castile ⓘ
Andalusia → wasPartOf → Crown of Castile ⓘ