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Show me a best XVth century king.
>Protip: you can't and this is why:
>Brought peace to Catalonia, ending the Civil War between peasants and the nobility.
>Freed the remences (slave peasants).
>BTFO the French and kept the County of Rosselló in today's south of France.
>Established elections to chose the magistrates.
>Saved his wife's ass during the Civil War in Castile.
>BTFO the moors from Hispania.
>Issued the Edict of Expulsion of the Jews.
>Comissioned Christopher Columbus to find the route to India, thus discovering the New World.
>Forced all remaining muslims in Aragon to convert or else be expelled.
>BTFO the French in the Italian Wars, keeping the Kingdom of Naples under Aragon's rule.
>Conquered the Kingdom of Navarra.
>Established protectionist policies to recover Aragon's economy.
>Loved and praised by his subjects and served as an inspiration for Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince".
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Ferdinand II of Aragon was a good one, but I think the Duke of Venice would be a great challenger.
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>>1987275
>Look at me I won in Italy with my wife's troops.
Cuck
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He looks like someone from Idiocracy.
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The Spanish had their artistic renaissance because of his policies- El Greco, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Don Quixote), Jorge Manrique, Fernando Gallego, and other artists/authors had their period under him. I would say this is the height of Spanish history.
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>>1987626
>had their period under him
They didn't.wtf are you talking about.Who taught you that?
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>>1987275
Maximilian I
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>>1987275
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Best spanish king and without a doubt one of the best kings ww.
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>>1987841
The Spanish Renaissance began under and extended past his rule as well as the period of colonialism.
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>>1989359
The barroque was the Spanish Golden age. Most artits spawn at the end of Phillip the II reign. Fernando's great grand son
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>>1988710
>Le lose 100 wars but get lucky with successions man.
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>>1990600
The chancellor of his grandson Charles, Mercurino Arborio Gattinara, said that he had so many projects that he didnt finish
none of them.
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>>1991774
>The chancellor of his grandson Charles, Mercurino Arborio Gattinara, said that he had so many projects that he didnt finish
>none of them.
You should rephrase that
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>>1987275
>Accomplish all of that
>Still less known than your wife
>Be a literal who to most people while your wife is known by everyone
Life is unfair
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