Isabella married Ferdinand
Three kingdoms were united. The Kingdom of Aragon was united with the Kingdoms of Castile and Leon when Queen Isabel I of Aragon married King Ferdinand (of Castile and Leon). Each monarch ruled their own kingdom(s) but they ruled together.
They were the two Kingdoms that together covered most of what is now known as Spain. Aragon was the north-eastern Kingdom with the city of Barcelona as its center. Castile covered the central heartland. The marriage of the King of Aragon with the Queen of Castile and their defeat and conquest of the Saracen kingdom in southern Spain is seen as the start of "Spain" as a national entity.
Ferdinand II was king of Sicily and of Aragon. After his marriage to Isabella he became king of Castile. These kingdoms eventually combined to become Spain.
The kingdoms of Castile, Leo, and Aragon were united by the marriage of Isabel and Ferdinand.
Charles I was the first King of Spain. He inherited the Kingdoms of Castile and Leon from Isabel I through Juana la Loca and the Kingdom of Aragon from his grandfather Ferdinand II. It was the first time in history that the three major kingdoms had the same Monarch.
Aragon and Castile
The marriage of Isabel and Ferdinand.
Three kingdoms were united. The Kingdom of Aragon was united with the Kingdoms of Castile and Leon when Queen Isabel I of Aragon married King Ferdinand (of Castile and Leon). Each monarch ruled their own kingdom(s) but they ruled together.
They were the two Kingdoms that together covered most of what is now known as Spain. Aragon was the north-eastern Kingdom with the city of Barcelona as its center. Castile covered the central heartland. The marriage of the King of Aragon with the Queen of Castile and their defeat and conquest of the Saracen kingdom in southern Spain is seen as the start of "Spain" as a national entity.
Ferdinand II was king of Sicily and of Aragon. After his marriage to Isabella he became king of Castile. These kingdoms eventually combined to become Spain.
Katherine of Aragon was originally from Spain. Both of her parents were rulers of tiny kingdoms in Spain (Aragon and Castile) but she also had some Portuguese, English and French blood in her as well from her ancestors.
In 1469, the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon were united by the marriage of Isabella and Ferdinand. Although the kingdoms were united, they remained largely independent.
Queen Isabella I was the queen of Castile in Spain. She married Ferdinand of Aragon, so they ruled their kingdoms together.
Spain was a collection of independent kingdoms ruled by separate monarchs until the major kingdoms of Castile, Leon, and Aragon were all inherited by Carlos I in 1516.
The kingdoms of Castile, Leo, and Aragon were united by the marriage of Isabel and Ferdinand.
Spain was formed in 1516, 24 years after the "Reconquista" (the Expelling of all Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula). The Kingdoms of Castile, Leon, and Aragon united under one banner when all three kingdoms were inherited by Carlos I and became one country for the very first time. Prior to 1516 there was one monarch for Castile and Leon, and a second monarch for Aragon. Carlos I was the grandson of both Isabel and Ferdinand when he inherited the kingdoms that had belonged to each, and their heirs, separately. That was what unified the three kingdoms.
The area that became Spain was completely freed of Moors in 1492. At that time it was known as the kingdoms of Castile, Leon, and Aragon, not Spain. Spain came into existence in 1516 when the three separate kingdoms were united as the inheritance of Felipe II who was the grandson of Queen Isobel I, Queen of Castile and Leon, and Ferdinand II, King of Aragon.