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    The Treaty of Alcáçovas (also known as Treaty or Peace of Alcáçovas-Toledo) was signed on 4 September 1479 between the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and...
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  • Aeterni regis (category Documents of Pope Sixtus IV)
    [English: "Of the eternal king's [grace]"] was issued on 21 June 1481 by Pope Sixtus IV. It confirmed the substance of the Treaty of Alcáçovas, reiterating...
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    the Treaty of Alcáçovas signed in 1479 and by the 1481 papal bull Aeterni regis that granted all lands south of the Canary Islands to Portugal, all of the...
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    sole proprietor of the Atlantic islands (excepting the Canaries) and of the African coast in the Treaty of Alcáçovas in 1479. This Treaty clause, secured...
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    earlier in Seville. Though the marriage had been arranged by the Treaty of Alcáçovas, the marriage quickly became a love match. Isabella proved a popular...
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    major issues between them through the Treaty of Alcáçovas, including the issue of Isabella's rights to the crown of Castile. Through close cooperation,...
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    The war concluded in 1479 with the Treaty of Alcáçovas, which recognized Isabella and Ferdinand as sovereigns of Castile and granted Portugal hegemony...
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    Hearing of Columbus's discoveries, the Portuguese king informed him that he believed the voyage to be in violation of the 1479 Treaty of Alcáçovas. The treaty...
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    Asiento de Negros (category British colonization of the Americas)
    but Spanish America. The 1479 Treaty of Alcáçovas divided the Atlantic Ocean and other parts of the globe into two zones of influence, Spanish and Portuguese...
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    Catholic Monarchs of the Portuguese sovereignty over most of the African territories in dispute (Treaty of Alcáçovas, 1479). This was the first of many colonial...
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    as the Second Treaty of Thorn or Toruń. Also known as the Treaty of Alcáçovas-Toledo. Also known as the Treaty of Verger or the Treaty of Le Verger. Also...
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  • Lançados (category History of Madeira)
    for that purpose. In 1479 Portugal and Castile signed the Treaty of Alcáçovas ending the War of the Castilian Succession. During the war Castile had contested...
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  • to secrecy and diplomacy, marked by the signing of the Treaty of Alcáçovas in 1479 and the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494. The papacy helped legitimize...
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    discovery of the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe is also attributed to these same sailors. 1479 — Treaty of Alcáçovas establishes Portuguese control of the...
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    to the Treaty of Alcáçovas (1479), and to the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), Spain recognized the kingdom as being in the Portuguese sphere of influence...
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    Catholic Monarchs of Portuguese sovereignty over most of the disputed West African territories embodied in the Treaty of Alcáçovas, 1479. This was the...
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    sixteenth-century treaties, the Treaty of Alcáçovas and the Treaty of Cintra, between Spain and Portugal, where both countries recognize that the authority of Morocco...
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    of overseas policy in 1474 and concerned with consolidating Portuguese control of Africa, played a major role in negotiating the Treaty of Alcáçovas (1479)...
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  • Battle of Guinegate: A French army sent to invade the Netherlands is defeated by Maximilian of Austria. September 4 – The Treaty of Alcáçovas (also known...
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    deprived of the gold of Guinea, which induced anger in Andalusia. Spanish academic Antonio Rumeu de Armas claims that with the peace treaty of Alcáçovas in...
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    north of Lisbon to meet King John II of Portugal, who told Columbus that he believed the voyage to be in violation of the 1479 Treaty of Alcáçovas. After...
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    end of the Granada War Melilla was in the Portuguese zone of influence under the terms of the 1479 Treaty of Alcáçovas. After the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas...
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    Palos de la Frontera (category Municipalities in the Province of Huelva)
    and Isabella, in the Treaty of Alcáçovas (1479) gave up all rights to Atlantic and African lands and seas, with the exception of the Canary Islands, which...
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    1992, p. 9 "Santa Fe Capitulations". UNESCO. 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2016. Treaty of Alcáçovas Inter caetera Pleitos colombinos Alice Bache Gould...
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    Diogo Cão (category 15th-century explorers of Africa)
    that he returned to Portugal with captured Spanish ships. When the Treaty of Alcáçovas (1480) confirmed Portugal's monopoly on trade and exploration along...
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    Columbus's letter on the first voyage (category Ferdinand II of Aragon)
    north of their actual location, probably trying to set them above the latitude line designated by the Treaty of Alcáçovas of 1479 as the boundary of the...
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  • Canary Islands to Spain (see Treaty of Alcáçovas). July 28 Mehmed II fails in his attempt to capture Rhodes from the Knights of Rhodes. An Ottoman army lands...
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    Portugal formally recognised Castile as the ruler of the Canary Islands in 1479 as part of the Treaty of Alcáçovas.[citation needed] The military governor Alonso...
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    Ceuta (redirect from History of Ceuta)
    possession by the Treaty of Alcáçovas (1479) and by the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494). In the 1540s the Portuguese began building the Royal Walls of Ceuta as they...
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    Isabella, wife of John II of Castile, she was an aunt of Isabella I of Castile, helping to settle both the Treaty of Alcáçovas and the Treaty of Terçarias...
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