The Unification of Spain: King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

Queen Isabella of Castile and King Ferdinand of Aragon are the most famous couple in history. Isabella is very beautiful. "She has blue eyes and green hair," "She just strikes" (Isax). By the time she was 18, she was wearing beautiful dresses and jewelry. "She is wearing them a live one" (Isaac). Ferdinand and Isabella dominated Spain's joint judgment, changed Muslims to Christianity, sponsored a new world trip to Christopher Columbus, and had families, Isabella had even time to get educated.

How was Spain before the Golden Age? King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ruled the kingdom that eventually became a Spanish nation. Ferdinand and Isabella intend to establish a kingdom without faith other than Christianity. Many people were killed and even expelled abroad. King Ferdinand and King Isabella pushed their kingdom into a great era of Spain but could not achieve this goal in the best way. Marriage between King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella joined the two kingdoms of their family.

First of all, Isabella is the daughter of King Castile King John II. Isabella was born on April 22, 1451. Ferdinand is the son of Avon King of Aragon. He was born in 1452. When her father died, Isabella was just three years old. Her younger brother, Henry IV, became king. "He named Isabella his successor." Henry did not like Ferdinand. When Isabella married Ferdinand in 1469, Henry IV took down his support. In 1474, Henry died; leave his daughter Juana to the throne. After the end of the war in 1479, Isabella became the queen of Castile ("Queen Isabella"). From 1474 to 1505 she was Queen of Castile. "Isabella had to do war for the throne, their marriage started Spain's joint control by the Catholic monarchs" (Isacs)

Isabella of Castile married Ferdinand of Aragon throne in 1469. From 1479 to 1504, they jointly dominated the two kingdoms that showed the beginning of the unification of Spain. Known as Catholic Isabella, her and her husband established the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 to punish non-Christians, skeptics and heathens to achieve religious unity; in 1492, Jews who refused to convert were expelled from Spain. In the same year, Christopher Columbus began his adventure mainly under the cover of the Queen. Isabella's religious fanaticism is in close agreement with her commitment to education and art. She set up a court school for young nobility, patronized literature and accumulated a wonderful collection of Spanish and Flemish arts. Her daughter, Catherine of Aragon married King Henry VIII