Foreign Policy of Ferdinand and Isabella, Charles V and Philip II - Spain in the Age of Discovery
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- Foreign Policy of the 3 Monarchs
- Ferdinand and Isabella
- Strengths
- Treaty of Barcelona - gave up Cerdagne and Rousillon to Spain. Took Naples from French 1495, recognised as part of Aragon.
- Granada - Catholic Iberian Peninsula
- 1503 Battle of Cerignola - French recognised Aragon's control of Naples, Sicily and Sardinia - sent viceroys
- Portugal gives up claims to Canary Islands. Border secured due to marriage between F and I's daughter Isabella and King of Portugal
- 1515 Navarre incorporated into Aragon
- 1490s take Oran, Bougie, Tripoli
- Holy League under pretence of protecting the Pope
- 1515 Navarre incorporated into Aragon
- Granada - Catholic Iberian Peninsula
- Treaty of Barcelona - gave up Cerdagne and Rousillon to Spain. Took Naples from French 1495, recognised as part of Aragon.
- Weaknesses
- Prince Alfonso invades Castile but crushed easily
- Very expensive
- Strengths
- Charles V
- Strengths
- Holds on to Flanders, Artois, Navarre and Naples
- 1529 - Treaty of Cambria - France give up Naples, Flanders and Milan
- Battle of Pavia 1525 - capture Francis
- Maintained Spanish Road
- Encirclement of France maintained and strengthened by T-H marriage 1554
- Suleiman fails to besiege Vienna in '29 and '32 - Otts had met limit of possible expansion]
- Charles takes Tunis in 1535 - sails with banner of crucified Christ and takes cruzada for a crusade
- Maintained Spanish Road
- Battle of Pavia 1525 - capture Francis
- 1529 - Treaty of Cambria - France give up Naples, Flanders and Milan
- Holds on to Flanders, Artois, Navarre and Naples
- Weaknesses
- Failure to take Metz from the French
- New World buillion mostly used to pay off debt
- 1529 Otts take Hungary - exposes Austria to threat. 'spring board for offensives against Austria
- 1551 Tripoli 1555 Bougie lost and failed taking Algiers
- Corsair fleet attacked Balearic islands, Italy and Spain
- 8 Spanish Galleys destroyed in 1529
- Corsair fleet attacked Balearic islands, Italy and Spain
- 1551 Tripoli 1555 Bougie lost and failed taking Algiers
- 1529 Otts take Hungary - exposes Austria to threat. 'spring board for offensives against Austria
- New World buillion mostly used to pay off debt
- Failure to take Metz from the French
- Strengths
- Philip II
- Successes
- 1563 decisive action against Ottomans - battled Turkish fleets off of Oran
- 1581 Philip recognised by Portuguese cortes as King after he changes himself to conform to Portuguese ideals
- 1559 Treaty of Cateau - Cambresis. Ends H-V wars - recognises Spanish -Italian hegemony
- 1581 Philip recognised by Portuguese cortes as King after he changes himself to conform to Portuguese ideals
- 1563 decisive action against Ottomans - battled Turkish fleets off of Oran
- Failures
- Liz I takes Spanish ships and gives troops to Dutch for revolt (Treaty of Nonesuch)
- Armada, loses 2/3 of ships in an attempt to restore Catholicism to England and end Dutch alliance
- French Prots attack Spanish Rousillon
- 1596 Philip bankrupt
- Barbary Pirates disrupt Spanish shipping - defensive
- 1596 Philip bankrupt
- French Prots attack Spanish Rousillon
- Armada, loses 2/3 of ships in an attempt to restore Catholicism to England and end Dutch alliance
- Liz I takes Spanish ships and gives troops to Dutch for revolt (Treaty of Nonesuch)
- Successes
- Ferdinand and Isabella
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