Catholic Monarchs
Isabella and Ferdinand
The Catholic Monarchs were Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, whose 1469 marriage united Spain's two largest kingdoms.
Their reign (1474–1516) shaped modern Spain: they completed the Reconquista by conquering Granada, expelled Jews and Muslims, established the Spanish Inquisition, and sponsored Columbus's voyages.
The title was granted by Pope Alexander VI.
- Crown of AragonMedieval Iberian composite monarchy
- ReconquistaIberian Christian territorial recovery
- Alhambra DecreeSpanish order banishing Jews
- GranadaAndalusian city with Moorish palace
- CatholicismPapal Christian denomination
papal bull · Nobility · Isabella I · Spanish Inquisition · Aragon · 1492 · Age of Discovery · Castile · royal marriage · Jews · forced conversion · blood purity · Christopher Columbus · Torquemada · Late Middle Ages · Holy Roman Empire · expulsion · New World
- Iberian HistorySpain, Portugal, Iberia, Castile, Aragon
- Spanish HistoryReconquista, Spanish Inquisition, Spanish Empire, conquistadors, Spanish Armada
- Christian MonarchsCharlemagne, Constantine, Clovis, Justinian, Saint Louis
- Spanish CatholicismReconquista, Torquemada, penitentes, Isabella, Ferdinand
- ReconquistaReconquista, Ferdinand, Granada, Isabella, 1492
- Colonial Catholicismfriars, Franciscans, Jesuits, Dominicans, Augustinians
Catholic MonarchsNasrid dynasty
Final Moorish Iberian rulers
Henry VIII · Suleiman the Magnificent · Elizabeth I · Martin Luther · Frederick the Great
Catholic Monarchsregional warlords
Armed rulers of territories