Ferdinand Inherits Aragon
January 20, 1479
On his father Juan II's death, Ferdinand added Aragon, Catalonia, and Valencia to the Castilian crown he shared with Isabella. Spain as a single monarchy existed now, though the kingdoms retained separate laws, parliaments, and currencies. The administrative muddle would endure for two and a half centuries. The union was purely dynastic; Aragonese institutions resisted Castilian centralization for two and a half centuries.
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Also in 1479 (2 other events on record)
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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