Brilliant Biographies: The Catholic Monarchs and the Golden Age

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The Catholic Monarchs and the Golden Age

Isabel I of Castilla and Fernando II of Aragón

Hello! My name is Isabel. I was born in 1451 in the Kingdom of Castilla. When I was young, Spain was not a united country like it is today. The Iberian Peninsula was made up of five different kingdoms with different monarchs. The most important kingdoms were the Kingdom of Castilla, the Kingdom of Aragón and the Kingdom of Portugal. There was also the small Kingdom of Navarra to the north east. The Kingdom of Granada in the south was still controlled by the Moors. How many kingdoms were there on the Iberian Peninsula in the 15th century? 4 four


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