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On 19 October 1469 Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon married in the Palacio de los Vivero in the city of Valladolid (Spain). Isabella of Castile was the daughter of King John II of Castile and Isabella of Portugal. She belonged to the noble house of Trastámara. Ferdinand of Aragon was the son of King John II of Aragon and Navarre and Juana Enríquez. This royal wedding really had a long history. Already at the age of 6, Isabella made her debut in the royal matrimonial market with a betrothal to Ferdinand, the younger son of John II of Aragon (who also belonged to the Trastámara family). However this arrangement did not last long. In 1458 Ferdinand's uncle Alfonso V of Aragon died. All of Alfonso's territories were left to his brother John II. A new arrangement was made between him and the King of Castile. Isabella would marry now Charles of Navarra, King John's eldest son. But ... Charles died in 1461. In 1465 there was an attempt to marry

Travelling and reading about royal history are two of my most favourite hobbies, so if I can combine the two in one blog post I'm very happy! This Onthisday post marks a very important date in the travelling history of the capital of Spain: Madrid. On 19 September 1916, a royal decree approved the 4-line plan for the creation of the metro of Madrid. The engineers were: Mendoza, González Echarte and Otameni. They started to raise 8 million pesetas to begin the first phase of the project. Then Carlos Mendoza made contact with Enrique Ocharán, director of the Banco de Vizcaya who offered 4 million pesetas on the condition that the public pledged an additional 4 million. The men were able to raise 2,5 million of the 4 million they needed. However King Alfonso XIII of Spain intervened and he invested 1.45 million pesetas of his own money. King Alfonso XIII was a keen promoter of tourism in Spain. He probably had  thought that the Madrid Metro would increase t