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Assess the Successes of the Catholic Monarchs
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Assess the Successes of the Catholic Monarchs The state of the Hispanic kingdoms in 1469 was such that Isabella and Ferdinand would inevitably have a sizeable legacy to contend with. Consequently a number of short-term measures were necessary yet provided problems to the monarchs in the future years of their reigns. In assessing their successes we must therefore consider these and the effect they were to have on their policies. To a certain extent however it suited Isabella to exaggerate the problems she faced in that contemporaries would hold a more favourable opinion of her. The most significant legacy of Henry IV was the issue of succession and his ambivalent statements over who was heir to the Castilian throne. In 1468 Henry acknowledged his half-sister Isabella as heir and accepted her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon. However only months later Henry swapped allegiance to his daughter Joanna. The issue divided the nobility...
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