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Isabella of Portugal
queen of Castile
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execution of Luna
- In Álvaro de Luna
…in 1447 John II married Isabella of Portugal, who determined to destroy Luna’s power over her husband. In 1453, Isabella, supported by their son, the future Henry IV, persuaded the king to arrest Luna and have him publicly executed at Valladolid—an event which seems to have led to the king’s…
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history of Roman Catholicism
- In Roman Catholicism: Roman Catholicism and the emergence of national consciousness
>Isabella of Castile effected the union of Catholic Spain. In 1482 Ferdinand and Isabella concluded a concordat with the Holy See, under whose terms the Spanish crown retained the right to nominate candidates for the episcopate. Queen Isabella’s confessor, the humanist educator, Roman Catholic primate…
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