Catholic Monarchs

Ferdinand II and Isabella I

They met in Valladolid

They were second cousins and they need

a papal dispensation of the Pope Paul II to have married

It is generally
accepted by most scholars that the unification of Spain
can essentially be traced back to the marriage of
Ferdinand and Isabella.

Have married on 1469

Pope Sixtus IV

issued a bull in
1478 to establish a Holy
Office of the Inquisition in
Castile.

Got the Pope permission

To found The Tribunal of the Inquisition to persecute heretics

Expulse the Jews

Muslims converted to Christianity were called Moriscos

John I of Castile and Fleanor of Aragon

Ferdinand I of Aragon

John II of Aragon

Ferdinand II

Henry III of Castile

John II of Castile

Married with

Isabella of Portugal

Isabella I

Mary of Aragon

Henry IV of Castile

Joan of Portugal

Blanche of Navarre

Ferdinand I and Isabella I

Isabella

Married with

Alfonso of Portugal

Manuel the fortunate

María

Juana

Felipe of Austria

Have a son called Carlos I

Carlos I married with Isabel of Potugal

Juan

He married with Margarita of Austria

Catalina

Married with

Subtopic

Enrrique VIII

Created The Holy Brotherhood to fight

with bandits

with abuses of nobility

Created the Royal Council

the highest political body

Named corregidores:

they are chief magistrates to establish Royal authority

Strenghthened the Royal Treasury

Unify the territory

They create

A bureaucracy

An administration

Increase the taxes

Built up a new army

Create a diplomatic system

To maintain relations