Sovereignly Spanish Past

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King Enrique III of Castile imparting justice   
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In the same year as her marriage to King Manuel I of Portugal in 1497, Isabella of Aragon became Princess of Asturias and heir presumptive of the Crown of Castile following the demise of her only brother, Infante Juan, Prince of Asturias in September 1497.

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Elisabeth Farnese (1692-1766) was Queen of Spain by marriage to King Philip V. Upon her entrance to Spain, she refused to part with her Italian retinue in exchange with a Spanish one, as had originally been planned.

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Ramiro II was the ruler of the Kingdom of Aragon from 1134 until withdrawing from public life in 1137. Although a monk, he was elected king by the Aragonese nobility upon the demise of his childless brother, Alfonso I.

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The marriage of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon was arranged when Isabella was just six years old. To legally marry Ferdinand, because he was her cousin, she needed to obtain a dispensation from the Pope.

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Alfonso de Borbon-Dos Sicilias was heir presumptive from October 1904 until May 1907, when Alfonso, eldest child of Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenie, was born.

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Philip, the son of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy, (1478-1506) was the first Habsburg King of Castile as Philip I for a brief time in 1506.

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King James (Jaime) II of Aragon ruled from 1291 to 1327. By the Treaty of Anagni in 1295, he returned the Balearic Islands to his uncle King James II of Majorca.

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King Philip II of Spain established a permanent court at Madrid in 1561.

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The Betrothal of Philip I the Fair with Infanta Joanna of Castile     
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The Concordat of 1753 was agreed between King Ferdinand VI of Spain and Pope Benedict XIV.   
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Infanta Isabel de Bourbon (1851-1931) was the daughter of Queen Isabella II and King Francis of Spain. She married Prince Gaetano of Bourbon-Two-Sicilies, Count of Girgenti.

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Juana of Castile was the elder sister of Catherine of Aragon. Juana was never expected to be Queen of Spain. She had two older siblings, her sister Isabella and her brother Juan.

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Boabdil, prisoner of King Ferdinand II of Aragon in Cordoba   
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In compliance with a petition from King Philip IV of Spain, Saint Gertrude of Helfta was declared Patroness of the West Indies.