Excerpt from The Rise of the Spanish Empire in the Old World and in the New, Vol. 2: The Catholic Kings In 1418, just at the time that Alvaro was rising into prom inence, the king had been married to his cousin Maria, daughter of his uncle and former regent, Ferdinand of Ante quera; and three years previously his sista' (also named Maria) had wedded Alfonso the Magnanimous; the two branches of the house Of Trastamara which occupied the thrones of Aragon and Castile were thus closely connected by a double tie. In 1425 a son ...
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Excerpt from The Rise of the Spanish Empire in the Old World and in the New, Vol. 2: The Catholic Kings In 1418, just at the time that Alvaro was rising into prom inence, the king had been married to his cousin Maria, daughter of his uncle and former regent, Ferdinand of Ante quera; and three years previously his sista' (also named Maria) had wedded Alfonso the Magnanimous; the two branches of the house Of Trastamara which occupied the thrones of Aragon and Castile were thus closely connected by a double tie. In 1425 a son, Henry, was born to the king of Castile and his Aragonese wife; but no other children followed, and in 1445 the queen died. It is not necessary to believe the assertions of his enemies that Alvaro was responsible for her demise, but he evidently felt that it was quite within his province to select her successor. Without consulting the king, who apparently desired to wed a French princess, he calmly arranged a marriage for him with Isabella, a cousin of Afionso the African, king Of Portugal, and forced his master to conclude it in August, 1447. The motives that inspired the Constable to seek this alliance were prob ably almost entirely personal; but the match Shows that. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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