Person1452 – 1516
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Also called: Ferdinand the Catholic
King of Aragon who, married to Isabella I of Castile, united Spain and completed the Reconquista by conquering Granada
Where they went
2 related events
- 1
Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon married in 1469, and when Ferdinand became king of Aragon in 1479 the two crowns were joined, creating the Kingdom of Spain.
- 2
On 2 January 1492 the Catholic Monarchs of Spain conquered Granada, the last Muslim kingdom of the Iberian Peninsula, ending the Reconquista that had lasted some 800 years.
People who appear alongside
- Isabella I of Castile1451 – 1504
Queen of Castile who, ruling Spain with Ferdinand II of Aragon, conquered Granada and sponsored Columbus’s voyage
Themes this person appears in
- Late Medieval Europe and the Renaissance1077 – 1517
From Canossa to the eve of the Reformation — papal power at its height and in decline, towns and parliaments, royal power growing through the Hundred Years’ War and the Black Death, and the Renaissance and printing