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		Ferdinand II the Catholic (Spanish: Fernando de Aragón "el Católico", Catalan: Ferran d\'Aragó "el Catòlic") (March 10, 1452 – June 23, 1516) was king of Aragon (1479-1516), Castile, Sicily (1468-1516), Naples (1504-1516), Valencia, Sardinia and Navarre and Count of Barcelona.
		He married Infanta Isabella, the half-sister and heiress of Henry IV of Castile, on October 19, 1469 in Ocaña and became Ferdinand V of Castile when Isabella succeeded her brother as Queen of Castile in 1474.
		In 1494, Charles VIII of France invaded Italy and expelled Ferdinand\'s cousin, Alfonso II, from the throne of Naples.
	www.chileiworld.com /wiki-Ferdinand_II_of_Aragon (971 words)

	John II of Castile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Juan II (March 6, 1405 – July 20, 1454) was King of Castile from 1406 to 1454.
		He was the son of Henry III of Castile and his wife Katherine of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt by Constance of Castile, daughter of King Pedro I of Castile (aka.
		It was one of the many misfortunes of Castile that the long reign of John II—forty-nine years—should have been granted to one of the least capable of her kings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_II_of_Castile (280 words)

	Royal Family of Europe - pafg41 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Juan II King Of CASTILE AND LÉON [Parents] was born on 6 Mar 1405 in, Toro, Zamora, Spain.
		Catalina Princess Of CASTILE AND LÉON was born in 1403 in Of, Toro, Zamora, Spain.
		Juan II King Of CASTILE AND LÉON was born on 6 Mar 1405.
	www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg41.htm (1433 words)

	Chapter 9: A History of Spain and Portugal
		As the daughter of the second marriage of Juan II of Castile, she was originally far removed from the dynastic succession, ranking behind her half-brother Enrique IV, his daughter Juana, and her own elder brother the Infante Alfonso.
		Three years later, Juan II of Aragón died at the age of 81, and the Castilian consort ascended the Aragonese throne as Fernando II (1479-1516).
		In general, the revolts in Castile and Valencia should be understood as part of the general pattern of social, political, and economic unrest among the middle and lower classes that attended the transition from the last phase of the Middle Ages into the sixteenth century.
	libro.uca.edu /payne1/payne9.htm (7110 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: A Late-Medieval Spanish Nobleman: Don Juan Pacheco, Master of the Order of Santiago (1419-1474)
		Don Juan Pacheco, Marquis of Villena and Master of the Order of Santiago, son of Alfonso Téllez Girón, was a man of middling stature, with a thin and well-formed body, attractive features and graceful gestures.
		When King Juan II of Castile [1406-1454] had a dispute with the infante of Aragón, who at that time was the king of Navarre [Juan of Trastámara, r.
		Battle between Castilian and Portuguese armies, 14 August 1385, driven by Juan I's claims to the throne of Portugal and determined resistance from the citizens of Lisbon; the Castilian army was crushed.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/1474DonJuanPacheco.html (1675 words)

	Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg102 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		John II (Juan II) of CASTILE [Parents] was born 6 Mar 1405 in Toro.
		Isabella "The Catholic" of CASTILE was born 22 Apr 1451 and died 26 Nov 1504.
		Francis II of France DE VALOIS King of France [Parents] was born 16 Jan 1544 in Fontainebleau France.
	www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk /maximilia/pafg102.htm (770 words)

	Alfons V of Aragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He represented the old line of the counts of Barcelona only through women, and was on his father's side descended from the House of Trastamara, a noble family of Castile.
		He later sent a letter to Yeshaq's successor Zara Yaqob in 1450, in which he wrote that he would be happy to send artisans to Ethiopia if their safe arrival could be guaranteed, but it probably never reached the Emperor.
		He was betrothed to María de Castilla (1401–1458; sister of Juan II of Castile) in Valladolid in 1408; the marriage was celebrated in Valencia during 1415.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alfonso_V_of_Aragon (596 words)

	Queen of Castile Isabella IThe Catholic
		Father:, John II (Juan II) of Castile, King of Castile & León, b.
		She was the daughter of John II of Castile and León by his second wife, Isabella of Portugal.
		On the death of her brother, Henry IV, Isabella and Ferdinand jointly succeeded (1474) to the throne of Castile and León.
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		No one expected Isabella to become queen of Castile, so very little attention was paid to her birth on April 22, 1451, in the town of Madrigal de la Alta Torres.
		Isabella's father was King Juan II of Castile and her mother was Queen Isabel.
		The marriage of her parents was a political move, by marrying Isabel, King Juan II assured himself a Portuguese ally against domestic enemies.
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		Juan I Of CASTILE AND LÉON [Parents] was born on 24 Aug 1358 in, Epila, Zaragoza, Spain.
		Leonor Queen Of CASTILE AND LÉON [Parents] was born on 20 Feb 1358 in, Santa Maria Del Puig, Valencia, Spain.
		Leonor Princess Of CASTILE AND LÉON was born on 13 Sep 1382 in, Cuellar, Segovia, Spain.
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	Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza
		He came to the court of King Juan II of Castile in 1450, was made canon of Toledo the same year, and became Bishop of Calahorra on 28 November, 1453, and of Siguenza on 80 October 1467.
		On 7 May, 1473, he was created cardinal-deacon with the titular church of S. Maria in Dominica; on 9 May, 1474, he became Archbishop of Seville; on 6 July, 1478, cardinal-priest vrith the titular church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme; and finally, on 13 November, 1482, Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain.
		In 1473 he was appointed chancellor of King Henry IV of Castile and, after Henry's death in 1474, grand chancellor of Ferdinand and Isabella.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/m/mendoza,pedro_gonzalez_de.html (326 words)

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		Isabel I of Castile, "la Católica", daughter of Juan II of Castile and Isabel of Portugal, second wife of this, was born in Madrigal of the High Towers in April of 1451.
		Fernando, son of Juan II of Aragon and Juana Enriquez, contracted marriage in the 19 Valladolid of October of 1469, between strong oppositions to the same one.
		To the death of king Juan II of Castile, his brother Enrique IV inherited the throne of Castile.
	www.aceros-de-hispania.com /catholics-kings-sword.htm (955 words)

	The Periphery of Francia: Spain, Britain, Eastern Europe, & Scandinavia
		Also, the text refers to the daughter of Sancho García of Castile who marries Sancho III of Navarre as "Mayor" [p.687], even though the diagram calls her "Elvira" and "Mayor" is elsewhere given in the text as the heiress of Ribagorza [p.690].
		Thus, Sancho II of Navarre (970-994) is different from Sancho II of Aragón (1063-1094), Sancho II of Castile (1065-1072), and Sancho II of Portugal (1223-1245); but Alfonso IX of León (1188-1230) is numbered in succession to Alfonso VIII of Castile (1158-1214).
		Teobaldo II The marriage of Blanca of Navarre to Theobald of Champagne means that for a while the Counts of Champagne become the Kings of Navarre.
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	Sample Pages from The Last Crusader: Isabella of Spain by William Thomas Walsh
		She was more than the daughter of King Juan II of Castile and his second wife, Dona Isabel, of Portugal.
		She was the daughter of the Infante Don Juan, a younger son of Juan the Great of Portugal; her grandmother was Philippa, one of the daughters of John of Gaunt.
		Twice during the trial, Juan is said to have signed- an order for the release of his friend, and to have been shamed out of sending it by the Queen, who remained at his side night and day.
	www.love2learn.net /history/samples/isabel.htm (3586 words)

	Vitoria, Spain
		In 1200, Vitoria was passed to the Kingdom of Castille, taken by the troops of Alfonso VIII.
		The city was progressively enlarged and in 1431 was granted the title of 'City' by King Juan II of Castile.
		The principal episode in the later history of Vitoria is the Battle of Vitoria of the Peninsular War on 21 June 1813.
	www.creekin.net /c6674-n172-vitoria-spain.html (251 words)

	Top20Spain.com - Your Top20 Guide to Spain!
		Until the 15th century, Castile and LÃ©on, Aragon and Navarre were independent states, with independent languages, monarchs, armies and, in the case of Aragon and Castile, two empires: the former with one in the Mediterranean and the latter with a rapidly growing one in the Americas.
		After World War II, being one of few surviving fascist regimes in Europe, Spain was politically and economically isolated and was kept out of the United Nations until 1955, when it became strategically important for U.S. president Eisenhower to establish a military presence in the Iberian peninsula.
		Spain became a unified crown with the union of Castile and Aragon) in 1492 and the annexation of Navarre in 1515.
	www.top20spain.com (4914 words)

	Castles of Castile
		Donated by Enrique II to the Manrique family (as part of the donations known as "bienes enriqueños"), it returned later to the Crown, being given by Enrique III to Dª Aldonza de Castila.
		In 1162, king Alfonso VIII of Castile, still a child, was sieged by his aunt, Fernando II de León, and escaped while his men celebrated a holyday to distract the Leonese, this holyday is still celebrated in the town.
		It belonged to D. Juan Manuel de Villena, being adquired in 1.622 by the familiy Manrique, marquises of Belmonte.
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	My Granada video guide to the Spanish city of Granada and the Alhambra Palace.
		She was the daughter of King Don Juan II of Castile and the Queen consort Isabel of Portugal, his second wife.
		The Infanta was the second in line of the royal succession after her half brother Enrique, the son of King Juan II and his first wife Queen Maria of Aragón.
		The kingdoms of Castile and Aragó n had been fighting a civil war for 20 years from 1460 to 1480, and Isabel understood that her kingdom did not stand a chance against her powerful neighbours of France, Navarre, Portugal and Granada, the Moorish Kingdom of the South.
	www.mynerja.co.uk /info_htm/grenada_alhambra.htm (1376 words)

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		In 1406 the son of Juan I and Leonor occupies the throne Enrique III
		Juan II son of Enrique III happens to him.Son children of this king, Enrique IV and Isabel the CatolIca
		Enrique (the impotent one); its stepbrother I inherit the kingdom of Castile of Juan II in 1455.
	www.bcngrafics.com /xpoferens/c04.html (2498 words)

	Juan de Mena
		Spanish poet, born 1411 at Cordova; died 1456 at Torrelaguna.
		Prominent at the court of Juan II of Castile, Mena was for a while the monarch's secretario de cartas Latinas and then the royal historiographer.
		In his work as a poet he manifests little originality, and shows to a considerable degree the influence of Italian and classic Latin models, for the impress of the Renaissance is already clear in him.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/m/mena,juan_de.html (352 words)

	Royal Genealogies Part 39
		The son and successor of King John I. John I (Juan), King of Castile
		NOTES: Known as Enrique of Trastamara, King of Castile and Leon.
		He was the illegitimate son of Alfonso XI of Castile, who made him Count of Trastamara.
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		Juan I King Castile and Leon and Brites Princess Of Portugal and The Algarves
		Juan Prince Of Castile and Leon and Joanna Of Montferrat
		Juan II King Of Castile And Léon and Princess Of Aragon Maria Queen Of Castile
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	So, what did the Catholic Monarchs do for Spain?
		Isabel -daughter of Juan II of Castile and Isabel of Portugal- and Fernando -son of Juan II of Aragón and Juana Enriquez- married in Valladolid on the 19th October 1469 despite fierce resistance from many quarters.
		Fernando supported his wife in her battle for succession, and the kingdoms of Castile and Aragón were united following the death of Fernando's father under the terms of the Segovia Treaty of 1475.
		The final years of Fernando's reign were marked by recurring conflicts with the French monarchy in Italy, which continued up until his death in 1516, when he was succeeded by his Hapsburg nephew, Carlos I of Spain, Carlos V of Austria and future Holy Roman Emperor.
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	World Art Treasures:Sandro Botticelli (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In October 1469, Ferdinand, the Infante of Aragon, son of Juan II, king of Aragon, married Isabella, the Infanta of Castile, daughter of Juan II of Castile.
		In December 1474, Isabella, the first to come to power, succeeded her brother, Henry IV, and became the queen of Castile and was known as Isabella I the Catholic.
		Five years later, the Infante Ferdinand succeeded his father, John II of Aragon and thus became the king of Aragon and Sicily and was known as Ferdinand II the Catholic.
	www.bergerfoundation.ch /Sandro/11espagne_english.html (308 words)

	John ... and León - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		John II (of Castile and León), in Spanish, Juan II (1405-1454), king of Castile and León (1406-1454), the son of Henry III.
		John I (of Castile and León), in Spanish, Juan I (1358-1390), king of Castile and León from 1379 to 1390.
		He was the son of King Henry II, who...
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	Castle Tiedra (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the 14th century the Lord of Tiedra was Don Sancho, Count of Alburquerque and brother of King Enrique II de Trastamara.
		His sons Enrique and Juan, the Infants of Aragon, inherited from their father the castles of Medina del Campo and Castle Peñafiel.
		Both the brothers fought against King Juan II of Castile.
	www.castles.nl /eur/es/tied/tied.html (406 words)

	SANTILLANA - Online Information article about SANTILLANA
		admiral of Castile, having died in 1405, the boy was educated under the See also:
		Mendoza shares with Juan de Villalpando the distinction of introducing the See also:
		sonnet into Castile, but his productions in this class are conventional metrical exercises.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SAC_SAR/SANTILLANA.html (482 words)

	Birthdays and Anniversaries of the Spanish Royal Family
		Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis is agreed to by Philip II of Spain, Elizabeth I of England, and Henry II of France (1559)
		Death of Philip II of Spain and I of Portugal, who is succeeded by his son Philip III of Spain and II of Portugal (1598)
		Amadeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta and second son of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy is elected as king of Spain by the Cortes (1870)
	www.etoile.co.uk /Spain/TIH.html (1849 words)

	Basque region of Spain - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		In the 15th century, Juan II of Castile granted Vitoria the title of city.
		It was built back in 1820, and it is remarkable for the wide variety of plant species that it houses.
		The journey continues to Salvatierra, a medieval village with remains of the old wall, and large Renaissance houses; worthy of mention are the churches of San Juan and Santa María.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /basque_spain.htm (1604 words)

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