Group of realms · 1564–1611

Alliance between Papal States and Spanish Empire

Alliance between Papal States and Spanish Empire brings together several realms, from 1564 to 1611. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1609, its lands covered about 7.35 million km².

One of the realms of Spanish Empire. Spain's empire grew from the union of Castile and Aragon under Isabella and Ferdinand, who in 1492 conquered Granada and sponsored Columbus's first voyage. Within two generations conquistadors toppled the Aztec and Inca empires, and silver from Potosí and Zacatecas paid for Habsburg wars across Europe, where Charles V and Philip II also ruled the Netherlands, much of Italy and, from 1580 to 1640, Portugal.

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On the map

1564–1611

Greatest extent

1609, about 7.35 million km²

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