The Catholic Monarchs

By Lucía Iglesias
  • Period: 1451 to 1504

    Isabel I

    Isabel I of Castile was Queen of Castile from 1474 to 1504, Queen Consort of Sicily from 1469 and of Aragon from 1479, due to her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon. She also served as a lady of Vizcaya
  • Period: 1452 to 1516

    Fernando II

    Ferdinand II of Aragon, called "the Catholic", was king of Aragon, Castile, Sicily, Naples, Sardinia and Navarre. He was also regent of the Castilian Crown between 1507 and 1516, due to the disqualification of his daughter Juana I, after the death of Felipe el Hermoso.
  • 1468

    Toros de Guisando

    Meeting that took place on the Guisando hill, where Enrique IV king of Castilla and his sister Isabel reached an agreement.
  • 1469

    Marriage of Isabel and Fernando II

    The destiny of the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile was united through the marriage of their princes, Fernando and Isabel, who would go down in history as the Catholic Monarchs
  • Period: 1469 to 1521

    Manuel el Afortunado

    Manuel I of Portugal, nicknamed the Fortunate, was King of Portugal. In 1495 he succeeded to the throne of Portugal his cousin Juan II who, at the time, was also his brother-in-law, being married to his sister Eleanor de Viseu.
  • Period: 1470 to 1498

    Isabel de Aragón

    Isabel de Aragón, was the eldest daughter of Fernando II of Aragon and Isabel I of Castile. She was twice Princess of Asturias, Infanta of Castile and Aragon and, later, Queen Consort of Portugal.
  • Period: 1474 to 1479

    War for the trone of Castilla

    The war of Castilian Succession is called the warlike conflict that occurred from 1475 to 1479 by the succession of the Crown of Castile between the supporters of Juana de Trastámara, daughter of the late King Enrique IV of Castile, and those of Isabel, his half-sister.
  • Period: 1475 to 1491

    Alfonso de Portugal

    Alfonso from Portugal. Infant of Portugal, he was the only son of John II the Perfect Prince and his wife and cousin Leonor de Viseu and baptized with the name of his grandfather King Alfonso V. He was named heir to the throne of the Portuguese kingdom on March 8, 1476.
  • Period: 1478 to 1506

    Felipe de Austria

    Felipe I of Castile, called "the Fair", was titular duke of Burgundy, like Felipe IV, Brabant, Limburg and Luxembourg, count of Flanders, Habsburg, Hainaut, Holland and Zealand, Tyrol and Artois
  • Period: 1478 to 1497

    Juan de Aragón

    Juan de Aragón was the second son of the Catholic Monarchs, Fernando II and Isabel I. He was the heir to the crowns of Aragon and Castile, Duke of Montblanch, Count of Cervera and Lord of Balaguer.
  • 1479

    Fernando II de Aragón becomes king

    Fernando II de Aragón becomes king
    Recognized heir to the Aragonese crown on the death of his half brother, Carlos, prince of Viana, he was crowned as heir apparent king of Aragon in Calatayud, he was appointed general lieutenant of Catalonia and in 1468, king of Sicily.
  • Period: 1479 to 1555

    Juana I de Castilla

    Juana I of Castilla, called "La Loca", was the third daughter of the Catholic kings. She was queen of Castile from 1504 to 1555, and of Aragon and Navarre, from 1516 to 1555.
  • Period: 1482 to 1517

    María de Aragón

    Juana I of Castile, called "La Loca", was the third daughter of the Catholic kings. She was queen of Castile from 1504 to 1555, and of Aragon and Navarre, from 1516 to 1555.
  • Period: 1485 to 1536

    Catalina de Aragón / Trastámara

    Catherine of Aragon and Castile, or Catherine of Trastamara and Trastamara was queen consort of England from 1509 to 1533 as the first wife of King Henry VIII and mother of Mary I of England.
  • Period: 1491 to 1547

    Enrique VIII

    Henry VIII was King of England and Lord of Ireland from April 22, 1509 until his death. He was the second monarch of the Tudor house, heir to his father, Henry VII. He was married six times and wielded the most absolute power among all the English monarchs
  • Period: 1500 to 1558

    Carlos I

    Carlos I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire, called the Emperor or Caesar, reigned together with his mother, Juana I of Castilla.
  • Period: 1503 to 1539

    Isabel de Portugal

    Isabel of Portugal was the only wife of Carlos I of Spain, and therefore Empress of the Holy Roman Empire and Queen of Spain. She acted as governor of the Spanish kingdoms during her husband's travels through Europe.
  • Period: 1516 to 1558

    María Tudor

    Mary I was Queen of England and Ireland from July 6 or 19, 1553 until her death. She is known for her attempt to repeal the Anglican Reformation, which she had started during the reign of her father, Henry VIII.