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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Catalina Cortés countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Spanish monarchy formedByUnionOf Crown of Castile
Joanna la Beltraneja countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Joanna la Beltraneja placeOfBirth Crown of Castile
Victoria (ship) countryOfOrigin Crown of Castile
Adelantado mayor countryOfOrigin Crown of Castile
Spanish conquest of Yucatán belligerent Crown of Castile
Spanish conquistadors countryOfOrigin Crown of Castile
Prince of Asturias appliesToPart Crown of Castile
Duke of Escalona usedIn Crown of Castile
Pedro Arias Dávila countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Conde (Spain, Portugal) usedByMonarchy Crown of Castile
Juana Enríquez countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Spaniards historicallyRuledBy Crown of Castile
Voyage to the Moluccas country Crown of Castile
Lope García de Castro placeOfBirth Crown of Castile
John II of Aragon placeOfBirth Crown of Castile
Gaspar de Quesada employer Crown of Castile
Juan countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
subject surface form: Juan Sebastián Elcano
Marquis of Moya region Crown of Castile
Henry II of Castile countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Jerónimo de Loayza countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Henry III of Castile countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Henry III of Castile monarchOf Crown of Castile
Henry III of Castile placeOfBirth Crown of Castile
Henry III of Castile placeOfDeath Crown of Castile
Fray Tomás de Berlanga placeOfBirth Crown of Castile
Fray Tomás de Berlanga placeOfDeath Crown of Castile
Murillo birthPlace Crown of Castile
Murillo deathPlace Crown of Castile
Granada War country Crown of Castile
Granada War combatant Crown of Castile
Spanish conquest of Cuba mainBelligerent Crown of Castile
Spanish conquest of Cuba colonialPower Crown of Castile
Royal Monastery of Santa Clara patron Crown of Castile
this entity surface form: Castilian monarchy