Castille (Chaos)

Start as IOTL
1230, Castille was united with Leon by the Holy. He also conquered Cordoba, Murcia, Jaen and Sevilla; thus, the Muslims were now reduced to. In 1257 was elected Roman king together with.

In 1276, fought Castille for reasons of succession, without success. 1291, Tarifa was conquered by Castille; and 1340, Castille and defeated the Moorish army together; this was the last time an Arab army landed on Iberian soil.

Divergence since ~1350
Soon after, in 1352, after sultan had missed to pay one tribute in time, Castille attacked and conquered the country. The last hold of the Muslims in Iberia had fallen, the Reconquista was over, now the began.

In 1360, unpopular king was deposed by his brother  with English help. This was the start of English-Castillian friendship.

Castille continued to expand; 1363, they took over the Canaries, started to settle them in the following decades. In 1384, for not to be outdone by Portugal, which had recently conquered Ceuta, Castille attacked, conquered Melilla and Tétouan.

1397/98, Iberia (except ) was struck by. The Jews had to suffer under pogroms ITTL too. Many had to flee from their places.

In 1414, under new king  made an alliance with Castille and the, attacked France again - the  had begun. But in 1421, France made a seperate peace with the Netherlands, and now, the tides turned again: Storming the conquered cities with cannons and relying on their greater manpower, the French slowly drove the allied English and Castillians back.

In Portugal and Morocco
In 1424, the, the Castillian estates, protested the high costs and low results of the war. King was sorry about it, but had to leave the war too. He had better things to do - interfering in the, where the sons of unpopular king fought against each other after his death. At the end, Pedro became new king of Portugal, and the two sons became princes of North and South Portugal respectively. By using this division, Castillian kings could keep Portugal under control, although they had to respect Portuguese rights. And to get rid of the mighty nobles in Castille, king Pedro III told them 1430 to go on a crusade to Morocco, which was subjugated during the next 20 years. This made some Moroccans start to flee South, to Mauretania or even.

1449, in Portugal a revolt against the rule of Castillian king started. But since the princes of North and South Portugal couldn't agree who should reign, Castille could impose its rule again in 1453 - although the king again had to swear to accept Portuguese rights.

Fighting the
1466, the infamous happened. Castille-Portugal sent troops to Italy to fight for the pope. After lots of fighting, the Seljuks kept Latium, calling themselves from 1472 on "rulers of both Romes". Despite the fact that the sultan was disappointed how insignificant has become. The eastern parts of the Papal states became the Duchy/Protectorate of the, theoretically still under the pope, de facto under the Castillian duke of Alba.

1477, the Castillian-Portuguese king gave the who had lost their home in  to the Seljuks, a new home in Granada.

Discovering and
In 1481 the Portuguese discoverers went further south, came to. The income of the Portuguese crown doubled within short time; the money was divided in three between the two Portuguese princes and the Castillian king, however.

1492 (SCNR), a Castillian expedition (well, it was funded by the king, and some of his people a were on the ship, but since the Portuguese insisted, the captain and all the sailors were Portuguese - Castillians weren't allowed to build caravels) crossed the Atlantic, made landfall in (which was named the same way ITTL), claimed it for Castille-Portugal.

The
1497, king Pedro IV died without heir; Castille-Portugal was united with England-, forming the Quadruple Monarchy.

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