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The 31 pages that link to Ferdinand II of Aragon, each with the reason it gives.

• Charles V, Holy Roman EmperorRelated: His grandson Charles inherited the Aragonese realms and their Mediterranean possessions.

• Christopher ColumbusRelated: He and Isabella authorized and financed the expedition after years of negotiation.

• Crown of AragonRelated: His reign linked the Crown’s monarchy to the emerging Spanish composite monarchy.

• Italian WarsRelated: His alliance with Castile and intervention in Naples helped displace French control.

• Spanish InquisitionRelated: Ferdinand and Isabella secured papal authorization for a new Castilian tribunal system.

• Isabella I of CastileRelated: Their marriage and joint rule linked Castile and Aragon while preserving distinct crowns and institutions.

• Crown of CastileRelated: His partnership with Isabella joined the crowns dynastically without merging their institutions.

• Alhambra DecreeRelated: He issued the decree with Isabella as a joint monarch.

• Expulsion of the Jews from SpainRelated: He issued the expulsion decree jointly with Isabella.

• Kingdom of CastileRelated: His partnership with Isabella created a shared monarchy while Castile retained separate laws and institutions.

• Charles VIII of FranceRelated: He opposed French expansion in Italy and helped organize resistance to Charles.

• CastileRelated: The partnership linked Castile’s monarchy with the Crown of Aragon.

• Catherine of AragonRelated: Catherine was his youngest daughter, born into the dynasty that sought an English alliance.

• House of BarcelonaRelated: His rule continued Aragonese monarchy long after the Barcelona dynasty ended.

• Joanna of CastileRelated: He confined Joanna at Tordesillas and ruled Castile in her name.

• Treaty of AlcáçovasRelated: Ferdinand helped secure Castile’s position in the negotiations that ended the war.

• Spanish HabsburgsRelated: His succession arrangements helped place Spain’s crowns in the hands of Charles V.

• War of the Castilian SuccessionRelated: His campaigning and dynastic partnership strengthened Isabella’s claim.

• Antonio de NebrijaRelated: The monarchy Nebrija addressed used scholarship and language in projects of state consolidation.

• Francisco Jiménez de CisnerosRelated: After Isabella’s death, Ferdinand entrusted Cisneros with governing Castile as regent.

• Emirate of GranadaRelated: His partnership with Isabella supplied the force that completed Granada’s conquest.

• Martín Alonso PinzónRelated: The Spanish monarchs authorized the expedition that Pinzón helped equip and command.

• Tomás de TorquemadaRelated: He appointed Torquemada to lead an institution serving the Catholic monarchs.

• Vasco Núñez de BalboaRelated: Ferdinand’s government appointed officials whose authority conflicted with Balboa’s in Darién.

• Diego ColumbusRelated: Ferdinand’s Crown contested the Columbus family’s claims to hereditary authority.

• Isaac AbarbanelRelated: Abarbanel served Ferdinand and Isabella before the expulsion of Spanish Jews.

• Italian War of 1494–1495Related: He helped organize resistance and defend the Aragonese claim to Naples.

• Royal intermarriageRelated: His marriage demonstrates how a royal match could join major Iberian realms.