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9) The time of the Christian kingdoms. In 1492 the Islamic period ended with the conquest of Granada by the Catholic Monarchs and the discovery of the Americas, when present-day Spain began to take shape. In the arts, Spain would embrace the two major medieval styles: Romanesque and Gothic.
- Philip II of Spain. (King of Spain (1556 - 1598), King of Portugal (1580 - 1598)) 42 17 Birthdate: May 21, 1527. Sun Sign: Gemini. Birthplace: Valladolid, Spain.
- Isabella I of Castile. (Former Queen of Castile and Leon (1474 - 1504)) 33 11 Birthdate: April 22, 1451. Sun Sign: Taurus. Birthplace: Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Spain.
- Felipe VI of Spain. (King of Spain) 21 9 Birthdate: January 30, 1968. Sun Sign: Aquarius. Birthplace: Madrid, Spain. Felipe VI of Spain is the current King of Spain, reigning since 2014.
- Ferdinand II of Aragon. (King of Aragon,Valencia, Majorca and Sardinia (1479 - 1516)) 29 6 Birthdate: March 10, 1452. Sun Sign: Pisces. Birthplace: Sos del Rey Católico, Spain.
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- Christopher Columbus
- Hernán Cortés
- Pelagius of Asturias
- Alfonso X
- Catholic Monarchs of Spain
- Joanna of Castile
- Charles I of Spain
- Francisco Franco
- Juan Carlos I
His real name was Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, also referred to as “El Cid Campeador” or “The Champion”. He’s a Castilian knight and military leader halfway between historical reality and legend. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, known as the Cid (“lord” in Arabic) Campeador (“expert in pitched battles”), really existed and is considered the greatest hero of the Re...
Christopher Columbus was a Genoese navigator who believed that the earth was spherical, unlike the rest of society, who thought it was flat and that when ships reached a point, they fell into the void. Columbus wanted to reach the East Indies and present-day Japan by a new maritime route, this time through the west and not the east. So he put his p...
He was the Spanish military born in Medellín (Extremadura), who initiated the conquest of Mexico in the early 16th century, which meant the end of the Aztec empire.Mexico became part of the Crown of Castile, receiving the name of New Spain. Cortés tried to seek fortune in his travels to the New World and Cuba. He allied himself with indigenous grou...
Known in Spanish as “Don Pelayo,” he was a Spanish-Visigothic nobleman who founded the Kingdom of Asturias in 718. He also led the reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula, which the Muslims occupied. He was a heroic character who established the Asturian monarchy becoming the forerunner of all future Iberian monarchies. These monarchies include the Kin...
Alfonso X was king of Castile, Leon and Galicia from 1252 until his death in 1284.He received the nickname of The Wise Man, “El Sabio,” and he was the eldest son of Fernando III “El Santo.”What refers to his nickname is his great interest in culture. He’s considered the founder of Castilian prose. Alfonso X always encouraged everyone to learn to cr...
The Catholic Monarchs were Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon.It was their marriage that consolidated the union of the kingdom of Spain. However, Spain was formed as a dynasty of two crowns and not a unitary state until the “Nueva Planta” decrees of 1707-16. Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand belonged to the House of Trastám...
Joanna of Castile, historically known as “Joanna the Mad”(Juana la Loca in Spanish), was the third daughter of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. She married the Austrian archduke Philip “the Handsome,”who would later become Philip I of Castile.Due to the death of her two older siblings, Joanna became the successor to the crowns of Castile and Aragon....
Also known as Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, he was the son of Joanna the Mad and Philip the Handsome,and received his education in the Netherlands under the influence of the Renaissance.In 1515 he assumed the governments of the states of the Burgundian family (Netherlands, Franche-Comte, Burgundy, and Charolais), which corresponded to the successi...
Born into a middle-class family, Francisco Franco chose to study for a military career at the Toledo Infantry Academy, which would give him the necessary training to quickly climb the ranks for war merits, taking advantage of the war situation in Morocco. In 1923, at 31, he was already head of the Legion. And in 1926, he became the youngest general...
Juan Carlos became King of Spain, appointed by Franco, in 1975. Juan Carlos was fundamental in Spain’s transition after Franco’s death, leaving behind a dictatorial regime and leading Spain to democracy. He was the grandson of Alfonso XIII, the last king of Spain before the abolition of the monarchy in 1931 and the subsequent declaration of the Sec...
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Of the Germanic tribes who invaded the peninsula, the Alans and the Siling Vandals had been largely destroyed in wars with the Visigoths early in the fifth century. The survivors joined the Asding Vandals who crossed from Spain to North Africa in 429. The number of emigrants traditionally has been put at 80,000.
www.theshins.com. The Shins is an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1996. The band is the project of singer-songwriter James Mercer, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes. The band's current line-up consists of Mercer, alongside Yuuki Matthews (bass, keyboards), Mark ...
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The history of Spain dates to contact between the pre-Roman peoples of the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula made with the Greeks and Phoenicians. During Classical Antiquity, the peninsula was the site of multiple successive colonizations of Greeks, Carthaginians, and Romans. Native peoples of the peninsula, such as the Tartessos ...
