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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Castile and Aragon |
 | | The united kingdom which came into existence by the marriage (1469) of Isabella, heiress of Castile, with Ferdinand the Catholic, King of Aragon. |
 | | In the present political division Old Castile comprises a territory of 22,415 square miles, with a population of 1,654,585, and since the division of 1833 it has included the eight provinces of Burgos, Palencia, Valladolid, Avila, Segovia, Soria, Logroño, and Santander. |
 | | (Paris, 1894-99), 194 for bibliography of Aragon, and 604-5 for that of Castile. |
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