CONQUEST OF GRANADA (2 janv. 1482 – 2 janv. 1492)
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Ferdinand and Isabella abducted Boabdil and held him prisoner, he converted to Christian.
Boabdil went back to Granada, decided to fight his father and his uncle for this throne.
He was kicked out of it and returned to Ferdinand and Isabella for protection.
Meanwhile, the power balance in Granada kept getting more and more complex.
The Muslims kept fighting each other and soon, cities such as Ronda, started to fall. Marbella became Spanish as well.
The Catholic Monarchs decided to stop the fighting and just siege Granada in April 1491. They city fell into a painful decay for eight months and, on January 1492, surrendered to Spanish troops. Spain had won what today is known as the Conquest of Granada.
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