Queen Isabel and the Granada War - Part 1: The Dream of the Queen

In the mid-fifteenth century, two monarchs arose who would dramatically alter Spanish history. On October 19, 1469, Fernando II, heir to the crown of Aragon, married Isabel I, heiress to the crown of Castile. From her girlhood, Isabel was conscious of her family’s crusading past. Among her ancestors were many of Castile’s conquering kings, including Fernando III, who had taken Córdoba and Seville from the taifa emirs and the Almohads. It was Isabel’s dream to complete this work of her forefathers, by conquering the final Moorish emirate based in Granada.