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| | |  Afonso V of Portugal: Encyclopedia II - Pêro da Covilhã - Mission to the EastJohn II put him in charge of diverse private missions, and finally, to use his knowledge of different languages, ordered him and Afonso de Paiva to undertake a mission of exploration in the Near East and the adjoining regions of Asia and Africa, with the special assignment to learn where cinnamon and other spices could be found, as well as of discovering the land of legendary Prester John, by overland routes. Bartolomeu Dias, at the same time, went out to by sea find the Prester's country, as well as the terminati ...
See also:Pêro da Covilhã, Pêro da Covilhã - Mission to the East, Pêro da Covilhã - Ethiopia, Pêro da Covilhã - Bibliography Read more here: » Pêro da Covilhã: Encyclopedia II - Pêro da Covilhã - Mission to the East |
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| | | | Afonso V of Portugal: Encyclopedia II - Isabella of Castile - The events of 1492 1492 was an important year for Isabella, seeing the conquest of Granada, her successful patronage of Christopher Columbus, and her expulsion of the Jews and Muslims.
Isabella of Castile - Granada.
The Kingdom of Granada had been held by the Moors since their invasion of Spain in the 8th century. Protected by natural barriers and fortified towns, it had withstood the long process of the reconquista. However, in contrast to the determined leadership by Isabella and Ferdinand, Granada's leadership was divided and never presented a united front. ...
See also:Isabella of Castile, Isabella of Castile - Name, Isabella of Castile - Genealogy, Isabella of Castile - Early years, Isabella of Castile - Accession, Isabella of Castile - The events of 1492, Isabella of Castile - Granada, Isabella of Castile - Columbus, Isabella of Castile - Expulsion of the Jews and Muslims, Isabella of Castile - Later years, Isabella of Castile - Children, Isabella of Castile - Influence, Isabella of Castile - Isabella and contemporay politics and religion, Isabella of Castile - Isabella in fiction Read more here: » Isabella of Castile: Encyclopedia II - Isabella of Castile - The events of 1492 |
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| | | | Afonso V of Portugal: Encyclopedia II - Afonso de Albuquerque - Expeditions to the East
Afonso de Albuquerque - First Expedition 1503-1504.
In 1503 he set out on his first expedition to the East, which was to be the scene of his future triumphs. In company with his kinsman Francisco he sailed round the Cape of Good Hope to India, and succeeded in establishing the king of Cochin securely on his throne, obtaining in return for this service permission to build a Portuguese fort at Cochin, and thus laying the foundation of his country's empire in the East.
Afonso de Albuquerq ...
See also:Afonso de Albuquerque, Afonso de Albuquerque - Early Life, Afonso de Albuquerque - Expeditions to the East, Afonso de Albuquerque - First Expedition 1503-1504, Afonso de Albuquerque - Operations in the Persian Gulf and Malabar 1504-1508, Afonso de Albuquerque - Operations in Goa and Malacca 1510-1511, Afonso de Albuquerque - Various Operations 1512-1515, Afonso de Albuquerque - Political Downfall and Last Years Read more here: » Afonso de Albuquerque: Encyclopedia II - Afonso de Albuquerque - Expeditions to the East |
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| | | | Afonso V of Portugal: Encyclopedia II - Duke of Braganza - History The Duchy of Bragança, a Royal Dukedom, was created in 1442 by king Afonso V of Portugal for his uncle Afonso, Count of Barcelos (natural son of John I of Portugal). Along with the duchies of Coimbra and Viseu created by João I for his sons Dom Pedro and Dom Henrique after their capture of Ceuta from the Moors in 1415, it is one of the first duchies of Portugal.
The Braganças soon became the most powerful house of the kingdom, due to the enrichment methods of Afonso, the first duke. He always sought royal favour with his father kin ...
See also:Duke of Braganza, Duke of Braganza - History, Duke of Braganza - Dukes of Bragança, Duke of Braganza - Claimants of the Duchy of Braganza, Duke of Braganza - External link Read more here: » Duke of Braganza: Encyclopedia II - Duke of Braganza - History |
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| | | | Afonso V of Portugal: Encyclopedia II - List of monarchs by nickname - Cognomen A swung dash (~) is used to indicate where the personal name occurs in the nickname; thus "~ the Accursed" means "Sviatopolk the Accursed".
List of monarchs by nickname - A.
"~ the Accursed": Sviatopolk I of Kiev (Russian: Святопо́лк Окая́нный)
"~ (the) Ætheling" (Old English, "Princeling"): Edgar Ætheling of England (Old English Eadgar Æþeling)
"~ the Affable": Charles VIII of France (Frenc ...
See also:List of monarchs by nickname, List of monarchs by nickname - Cognomen, List of monarchs by nickname - A, List of monarchs by nickname - B, List of monarchs by nickname - C, List of monarchs by nickname - D, List of monarchs by nickname - E, List of monarchs by nickname - F, List of monarchs by nickname - G, List of monarchs by nickname - H, List of monarchs by nickname - I, List of monarchs by nickname - J, List of monarchs by nickname - K, List of monarchs by nickname - L, List of monarchs by nickname - M, List of monarchs by nickname - N, List of monarchs by nickname - O, List of monarchs by nickname - P, List of monarchs by nickname - Q, List of monarchs by nickname - R, List of monarchs by nickname - S, List of monarchs by nickname - T, List of monarchs by nickname - U, List of monarchs by nickname - V, List of monarchs by nickname - W, List of monarchs by nickname - Y, List of monarchs by nickname - Sobriquets Read more here: » List of monarchs by nickname: Encyclopedia II - List of monarchs by nickname - Cognomen |
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| | | | Afonso V of Portugal: Encyclopedia II - Isabella of Castile - Isabella in fiction Ferdinand and Isabella appear in Lope de Vega's play Fuente Ovejuna (c. 1611), represnted positively as supporters of a group of villagers in their struggle against their feudal overlord.
In film, Isabella has been played by Sigourney Weaver, in 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), and by Lola Flores, in Juana la Loca... de Vez en Cuando (1983).
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See also:Isabella of Castile, Isabella of Castile - Name, Isabella of Castile - Genealogy, Isabella of Castile - Early years, Isabella of Castile - Accession, Isabella of Castile - The events of 1492, Isabella of Castile - Granada, Isabella of Castile - Columbus, Isabella of Castile - Expulsion of the Jews and Muslims, Isabella of Castile - Later years, Isabella of Castile - Children, Isabella of Castile - Influence, Isabella of Castile - Isabella and contemporay politics and religion, Isabella of Castile - Isabella in fiction Read more here: » Isabella of Castile: Encyclopedia II - Isabella of Castile - Isabella in fiction |
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| | | | Afonso V of Portugal: Encyclopedia II - Pêro da Covilhã - Ethiopia With this information Joseph returned to Portugal, while Covilhã, with Abraham of Beja, again visited Aden and Hormuz. At the latter he left the rabbi; and himself came back to Jedda, the port of the Arabian holy land, and penetrated (as he told Francisco Alvarez many years later) even to Mecca and Medina. Finally, by Mount Sinai, Tor and the Red Sea, he reached Zeila, whence he struck inland to th ...
See also:Pêro da Covilhã, Pêro da Covilhã - Mission to the East, Pêro da Covilhã - Ethiopia, Pêro da Covilhã - Bibliography Read more here: » Pêro da Covilhã: Encyclopedia II - Pêro da Covilhã - Ethiopia |
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| | | | Afonso V of Portugal: Encyclopedia II - Isabella of Castile - Isabella and contemporay politics and religion In the twentieth century, the regime of Francisco Franco claimed the prestige of the Catholic Monarchs. As a result, Isabella was despised by those opposed to Franco, and is often blamed as the principal instigator of the Spanish Inquisition by seperatists, contrary to historical evidence (though she is certainly not without blame).
Some Catholic Spaniards have attempted to have Isabella declared as Blessed, with the aim iof later having her canonized as a Saint. Their justification is that Isabella was a protector of the Spanish poor ...
See also:Isabella of Castile, Isabella of Castile - Name, Isabella of Castile - Genealogy, Isabella of Castile - Early years, Isabella of Castile - Accession, Isabella of Castile - The events of 1492, Isabella of Castile - Granada, Isabella of Castile - Columbus, Isabella of Castile - Expulsion of the Jews and Muslims, Isabella of Castile - Later years, Isabella of Castile - Children, Isabella of Castile - Influence, Isabella of Castile - Isabella and contemporay politics and religion, Isabella of Castile - Isabella in fiction Read more here: » Isabella of Castile: Encyclopedia II - Isabella of Castile - Isabella and contemporay politics and religion |
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| | | | Afonso V of Portugal: Encyclopedia II - Isabella of Castile - Genealogy Isabella was great-great-granddaughter of both Henry II of Castile and his half-brother Peter I of Castile and their respective wives (Joan of Villena and Maria de Padilla). She was also great-great-granddaughter of Peter IV of Aragon and his wife Leonor of Portugal, daughter of King Afonso IV of Portugal, as well as of her half-brother Peter I of Portugal and his mistress Teresa Lourenço. Through John of Gaunt she was great-great-granddaughter of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault and through his first wife of Hen ...
See also:Isabella of Castile, Isabella of Castile - Name, Isabella of Castile - Genealogy, Isabella of Castile - Early years, Isabella of Castile - Accession, Isabella of Castile - The events of 1492, Isabella of Castile - Granada, Isabella of Castile - Columbus, Isabella of Castile - Expulsion of the Jews and Muslims, Isabella of Castile - Later years, Isabella of Castile - Children, Isabella of Castile - Influence, Isabella of Castile - Isabella and contemporay politics and religion, Isabella of Castile - Isabella in fiction Read more here: » Isabella of Castile: Encyclopedia II - Isabella of Castile - Genealogy |
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| | | | Afonso V of Portugal: Encyclopedia II - Isabella of Castile - Name The Castilian version of her name was Ysabel or Isabel, which traces etymologically to Hebrew Elishabaoth or 'Elizabeth'). Outside of Spain, she is usually known by the Italian form of her name, 'Isabella.' Likewise, her husband is Fernando in Spain, but Ferdinand elsewhere. The official inscription on their tomb renders their names in Latin as "Helizabeth" and "Fernandus".
Pope Alexander VI named Ferdinand and Isabella "The Catholic Monarchs." She ...
See also:Isabella of Castile, Isabella of Castile - Name, Isabella of Castile - Genealogy, Isabella of Castile - Early years, Isabella of Castile - Accession, Isabella of Castile - The events of 1492, Isabella of Castile - Granada, Isabella of Castile - Columbus, Isabella of Castile - Expulsion of the Jews and Muslims, Isabella of Castile - Later years, Isabella of Castile - Children, Isabella of Castile - Influence, Isabella of Castile - Isabella and contemporay politics and religion, Isabella of Castile - Isabella in fiction Read more here: » Isabella of Castile: Encyclopedia II - Isabella of Castile - Name |
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| | | | Afonso V of Portugal: Encyclopedia II - Isabella of Castile - Early years Isabella was born in Madrigal de las Altas Torres on April 22, 1451. Her brother Alfonso was born three years later. When her father, John II, died in 1454, her much older half-brother Henry IV became king. As soon as he ascended to the throne, he sequestered his half-siblings and his stepmother to Arevalo, in virtual exile.
Henry IV, whose first marriage to Blanca of Navarre was not consummated and had been annulled, remarried to have his own offspring. His wife gave birth to Joan, princess of Castile. When Isabella was about ten, sh ...
See also:Isabella of Castile, Isabella of Castile - Name, Isabella of Castile - Genealogy, Isabella of Castile - Early years, Isabella of Castile - Accession, Isabella of Castile - The events of 1492, Isabella of Castile - Granada, Isabella of Castile - Columbus, Isabella of Castile - Expulsion of the Jews and Muslims, Isabella of Castile - Later years, Isabella of Castile - Children, Isabella of Castile - Influence, Isabella of Castile - Isabella and contemporay politics and religion, Isabella of Castile - Isabella in fiction Read more here: » Isabella of Castile: Encyclopedia II - Isabella of Castile - Early years |
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| | | | Afonso V of Portugal: Encyclopedia II - Isabella of Castile - Later years Isabella, a very religious person, received with her husband the title of Catholic monarch by Pope Alexander VI, a pope of whose secularism Isabella did not approve. Along with the physical unification of Spain, Isabella and Ferdinand embarked on a process of spiritual unification, trying to bring the country under one faith (Roman Catholicism). As part of this process, the Inquisition became institutionalized. After an uprising in 1499, the Treaty of Granada was broken in 1502 and Muslims were forced to either be baptized or to be expelled. ...
See also:Isabella of Castile, Isabella of Castile - Name, Isabella of Castile - Genealogy, Isabella of Castile - Early years, Isabella of Castile - Accession, Isabella of Castile - The events of 1492, Isabella of Castile - Granada, Isabella of Castile - Columbus, Isabella of Castile - Expulsion of the Jews and Muslims, Isabella of Castile - Later years, Isabella of Castile - Children, Isabella of Castile - Influence, Isabella of Castile - Isabella and contemporay politics and religion, Isabella of Castile - Isabella in fiction Read more here: » Isabella of Castile: Encyclopedia II - Isabella of Castile - Later years |
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| | | | Afonso V of Portugal: Encyclopedia II - Isabella of Castile - Influence Isabella and her husband established a highly effective coregency under equal terms. They utilized a prenuptial agreement to lay down their terms. During their reign they supported each other effectively in accordance to their joint motto of equality: Tanto monta, monta tanto, Isabel como Fernando ("They amount to the same, Isabella and Ferdinand"). Their achievements are remarkable - Spain was united, under the crown power was centralized, the reconquista was successfully concluded, a legal framework was created, the church reformed. ...
See also:Isabella of Castile, Isabella of Castile - Name, Isabella of Castile - Genealogy, Isabella of Castile - Early years, Isabella of Castile - Accession, Isabella of Castile - The events of 1492, Isabella of Castile - Granada, Isabella of Castile - Columbus, Isabella of Castile - Expulsion of the Jews and Muslims, Isabella of Castile - Later years, Isabella of Castile - Children, Isabella of Castile - Influence, Isabella of Castile - Isabella and contemporay politics and religion, Isabella of Castile - Isabella in fiction Read more here: » Isabella of Castile: Encyclopedia II - Isabella of Castile - Influence |
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