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Portugal’s Afonso V at age twenty-four turns …
Years: 1456 - 1456
Portugal’s Afonso V at age twenty-four turns his attentions to North Africa, where Ceuta had been conquered from the king of Morocco during the reign of his grandfather, John I.
The new king now wants to expand the conquests.
Alfonso and Castile’s King Henry IV, reflecting European fear of the Muslim Ottoman Turks following their 1453 seizure of Constantinople, agree to launch a crusade against the Muslims in their corner of the world: Alfonso is charged with the conquest of of the Muslims in present Morocco; Henry is to subjugate the Moorish Emirate of Granada in al-Andalus.
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- Moors
- Islam
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Castile, Kingdom of
- Castile, Crown of
- Granada, Emirate of, or Nasrid Kingdom of
- Marinid Dynasty (Sultanate of Morocco)
- Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
- Portuguese Empire
- Ottoman Empire
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Years: 1456 - 1456
Locations
People
Groups
- Moors
- Islam
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Castile, Kingdom of
- Castile, Crown of
- Granada, Emirate of, or Nasrid Kingdom of
- Marinid Dynasty (Sultanate of Morocco)
- Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
- Portuguese Empire
- Ottoman Empire
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions