| Ferdinand II of Aragon & Isabella of Castile |
| Drove the Moors out of the Iberian peninsula after almost 800 years of occupation and united Spain. |
| Katherine of Aragon (1485-1536) |
| Youngest daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and and Isabella of Castile, was betrothed to Arthur, Prince of Wales, by the Treaty of Medina del Campo (1489) made with Henry VII of England (1485-1509). She married Arthur in 1501 but was widowed the following year. Reluctant to return her huge dowery, Henry VII started negotiations for her marriage to Prince Henry, the marriage taking place after long delays in 1509 when Henry became king. The only survivor of six children by the marriage was Mary (1515-1558, queen of England, 1553-8) and Henry VIII divorced Katherine in 1534 causing England's rift with the Roman Catholic Church. |
| Henry VII (1457-1509), King of England (1485-1509) |
| Sought to strengthen his political position and the Tudor claim to the throne by the Treaty of Medina del Campo (1489) securing the marriage (1501) of Ferdinand and Isabella's youngest daughter, Katherine of Aragon (1485-1536), to his son and heir, Arthur, Prince of Wales (d.1502). Reluctant to return Katherine's dowery, he started protracted negotiations for her marriage to Prince Henry which did not takes place until he became king in 1509. |
| 1254 | | Prince
Edward (aged 15) married to Eleanor of Castile |
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| 1274.Aug.19 | | Edward I
and his Queen, Eleanor of Castile, crowned at Westminster Abbey |
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| 1358.Aug.24 | | Birth of the future King John I of Castile |
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| 1372 | | Marriage of John of Gaunt to his second wife, Constance, daughter of Pedro III of Castile
Their daughter, Philippa, married King John I of Portugal |
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| 1372 | | John of Gaunt assumes the title King of castile
But he could not establish his claim against Henry of Trastamare |
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| 1379 | | Start of the reign of Henry III of Castile (-1406) |
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| 1387 | | John of Gaunt renounces his claim to the throne of Castile in favour of his daughter, Catherine |
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| 1393 | | Catherine, daughter of John of Gaunt, marries Henry III of Castile (1379-1406) |
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| 1406 | | End of the reign of Henry III of castile (1379-) |
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| 1420 | | Castile claimed the islands of Fuerteventura and
Lanzarote in the Canary
Islands |
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| 1435 | | Castile and Portugal requested the Pope
to settle their rights to the Canary Islands |
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| 1436 | | The Pope settled the
possession of the Canary Islands between Castile and Portugal |
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| 1450 | | Five years of
hostility commenced between Portugal and Castile over possession of the
Canaries |
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| 1454 | | Enrique IV (-1474) becomes king of Castile |
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| 1455 | | Hositilities between Portugal and Castile over
possession of the Canaries ceased |
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| 1469 | | Marriage of Isabella, infanta of Castile and heir to the throne, and Ferdinand of Aragon at Valladolid, seat of Castilian royalty |
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| 1470 | | Enrique IV of Castile names Juana la Beltraneja as his heir
(supposedly his daughter, but of dubious paternity) |
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| 1474 | | Death of Enrique IV of castile (1454-) |
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| 1474 | | Isabella takes the throne of castile on the death of her brother Enrique throwing the country into civil war between her supporters and those of Juana la Beltraneja, including Afonso V of Portugal |
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| 1475 | | Marriage of King Afonso V of Portugal to Juana la Beltraneja
Furthering Afonso\'s designs on the throne of Castile |
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| 1476 | | King Afonso V of Portuagl is defeated at Toro in his designs on the throne of Castile |
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| 1479 | | Isabella acknowledged as queen of Castile
In the same year her husband acceeds to the throne of Aragon as Ferdinand II |
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| 1479 | | Ferdinand II acceeds to the throne of Aragon
In the same year, his wife Isabella is acknowledged as queen of Castile |
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| 1483 | | Tom�s de Torquemada, notorious for his rigor in censorship, enforcement and punishment, is appointed inquisitor-general for Castile and Aragon |
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| 1485.Dec.16 | | Birth of Katherine of Aragon, youngest daughter of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile (Spain), the wife of King Henry VIII |
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| 1496 | | Death of Juan Guas (1430�), court architect to Isabella of Castile |
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| 1498 | | Death of Tom�s de Torquemada (1420�), inquisitor-general of Aragon and Castile |
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| 1502.Apr.02 | | Death of Arthur, Prince of Wales, at Ludlow Castle. His brother Henry becomes heir to the throne
Reluctant to return the widowed Katherine of Aragon\'s dowery, Henry VII started negotiations with Aragon and Castile for her marriage to Henry |
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| 1504 | | Death of Isabella I of Castile.
The crown passes to her daughter, Juana the Mad, her father Ferdinand II of Aragon ruling as regent |
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| 1506 | | Philip, son of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I claims the regency of Castile (of which his wife, Juana the Mad is queen) from Ferdinand II of Aragon
Philip only holds the regency for a year, dying before his ambitions on the crown are realized |
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| 1512 | | Navarre south of the Pyranees is annexed to Castile by Ferdinand
The remainder (Lower Navarre) remains independent until its ruler Henry III became Henry IV of France and it is absorbed into France |
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| 1519 | | Death of the painter from the S Netherlands, Juan de Flandes (c1465�)
He was in the service of Isabella of Castile |
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| 1555 | | Death of Juana the Mad of Castile |
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