Castile


 * Standard Spanish dialect named for it
 * Queen Isabella I united it with Aragon
 * Advised by Tomas de Torquemada
 * Often joined with Leon
 * Contained the cities of Avila and Valladolid
 * Won the War of the Three Sanchos
 * Added to Navarre under Sancho the Great
 * Revolted against Charles V in the War of the Comuneros
 * Home of Queen Blanche
 * Trastamara dynasty once ruled
 * Mother of Louis IX
 * Twice served as Regent of France
 * Terrorized her daughter-in-law Marguerite of Provence
 * A civil war here was ended by the Treaty of the Bulls of Guisando