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Foreign Policy Achievements (Portugal (Marriage of Prince Alfonso, heir to…
Foreign Policy Achievements
England and Burgundy
Treaty of Medina del Campo- 1489- between England and Spain unified common policy against France
Marriage in 1501 of Ferdinand and Isabella's daughter Catherine of Aragon to Arthur Tudor- Henry VII's eldest son
Joanna married Phillip of Habsburg, Duke of Burgundy- 1496
France and Navarre
Series of wars between France and Spain dragged on for more than 50 years
Ferdinand married Germaine de Foix in 1505- putting end to conflict
Portugal
Marriage of Prince Alfonso, heir to King of Portugal, to Isabella, Ferdinand and Isabella's eldest daughter
Isabella married new King Emanuel I after Alfonso death
On Isabella's death in childbirth in 1498, Emanuel married her sister Maria
Treaty of Alcacovas (1479)- Alfonso withdrew claim for Joanna and gave up claims to Canary Islands
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)- decided to divide up all the land in the Americas between the two of them
The Canaries
Treaty of Alcacovas (1479) meant Alfonso ceded control of Canary Islands
Naples and the Italian States
Three stages in Italian War between France and Spain
Phase 1- French Invasion- France invades Italy and occupies Naples
Phase 2- Spain's victory- Spain captures Naples
Phase 3- Holy league and French recovery
Overall win from Spain
Granada and North Africa
Granada reconquered in 1492 after long decade of large sieges- led to fall of Granada in 1492- final completion of long Christian reconquest in Spain
Pirate Kings of North Africa constant threat to Spanish shipping in Mediterranean - series of assaults between 1505-1509 led to Spanish capture of Mers-el-Kebir, Cazara and Penon de Velez- Ferdinand believed he had achieved enough to secure Spanish interests