Capitolo 23
new world that they indeed has been forced to take in loan money to sustain the expenses of
the expenses of their marriage!
The moment Henry became aware of this marriage, the civil struggle
restarted. In vain the firm, still pacific Archbishop of Toledo
recalled the approval that he had given, and it tried that the union not only
assured the later-glory of Spain but the present of unperturbed Henry
possession of his/her throne. Exhorted above by his/her wife, and his entangling
favorite, the Marquis of Villena that was for never changing sides him
published a manifesto in which he declared on oath that he has believed
Joanna to be his/her daughter, and it proclaimed his/her heir of Castile.
Ferdinando and Isabella immediately raised an order despite the,
strengths of Portugal (to which the monarch Joanna had been engaged) that
you/he/she was quickly advancing to the assistance of Henry. Before, however, war
you/he/she had regularly started, a brief truce was gotten by the death of
Henry, and immediately and unanimously Isabella was proclaimed Regina of
Leon and Castile. Peace was not regained however immediately,; the King
of Portugal Joanna got married him, and resolved on to defend his/her right. Some
making skirmishes happened, and for a long time a conflict long-sustained nearby
Decided Fero the point--Ferdinando and the Castilians were victorious;
the King of Portugal made a retreat Honorable to his/her his/her own frontiers,
and the Marquis of Villena, the head of the malcontents and from many
imagined to be the true father of Joanna, submitted to Isabella. Peace
this way it dawned for Castile; but it was not later up to three years,
when Ferdinando had triumphed on the enemies of Arragon, and
his/her father as Sovereign of that kingdom that some vigorous succeeded
measures could be takings for the restoration of inside order.
The small Sovereignties of the Peninsular one, with the you sole exception of
the mountainous district of Navarre and the Moorish territories in
the south, was now all united ones; and it was the shrewd ambition of