War of the Castilian Succession

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After the death of King Henry IV of Castile in late 1474, the supporters of his reputed daughter, Joanna 'la Beltraneja', waged a war for the succession to the Crown of Castile against the supporters of his half-sister, Isabella, who prevailed by 1479. The war had a marked international character, as Isabella was married to Ferdinand, heir apparent to the Crown of Aragon, while Joanna married her uncle King Afonso V of Portugal at the suggestion of her supporters. France intervened in support of Portugal, as they were rivals with Aragon for territory in Italy and Roussillon. Despite a few initial successes by the supporters of Joanna, a lack of military aggressiveness by Afonso V and the stalemate in the Battle of Toro (1476) led to the disintegration of Joanna's alliance and the recognition of Isabella in the Courts of Madrigal-Segovia (April–October 1476): "In 1476, immediately after the indecisive battle of Peleagonzalo [near Toro], Ferdinand and Isabella hailed the result as a great...

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