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'''Ferdinand''' and '''Isabella''' were the king and queen of [[Spain]] in the late fifteenth century A.D. They ruled over [[Castile]] and [[Aragon]] which later became the Kingdom of [[Spain]].  They were patrons of [[Christopher Columbus]]. After reconquering the small [[Moor]]ish Kingdom of [[Granada]], they established the [[Spanish Inquisition]] (1478) and expelled the [[Jew]]s and [[Muslim]]s from Spain in 1492.

'''Ferdinand''' and '''Isabella''' were the king and queen of [[Spain]] in the late fifteenth century A.D. They ruled over [[Castile]] and [[Aragon]] which later became the Kingdom of [[Spain]].  They were patrons of [[Christopher Columbus]]. They established the [[Spanish Inquisition]] in 1478 and expelled the [[Jew]]s and [[Muslim]]s from Spain in 1492, thus denying the kingdom a commercial middle-class capable of controlling the wealth that would pour in from the [[Americas]] during the next three centuries.

Their empire was inherited by their grandson, [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V]], who united the Spanish Empire with the Burgundian Inheritance and the [[Habsburg]] lands in [[Austria]].

Their empire was inherited by their grandson, [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V]], who united the Spanish Empire with the Burgundian Inheritance and the [[Habsburg]] lands in [[Austria]] and [[The Netherlands]].