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Miguel Cortez,
Small Business Owner
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After word made it back to Spain, King Carlos III had them expelled from Baja at gunpoint and ordered them back to Spain.
This was that amiable prince Don Carlos, son of Philip the Second, king of Spain, and grandson of the celebrated emperor Charles V.
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Luigi Pascioni,
Auto Mechanic
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King Carlos of Spain is lured here frequently by the wonderful sea of Tuscany and the Queen of Holland has a home hidden away in the Chianti hills.
The king and queen of Spain who were fighting the Moors were named Ferdinand and Isabella.
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ended the long Moorish domination of Spain in 1492.
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Sarah Kennedy,
Fashion Model
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Spain's King Charles IV commissioned a platinum room, while others wore gowns woven with platinum thread.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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The Moorish kings of Spain tended to follow the same tolerant attitude towards religion that the classical Romans had done.
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Khalid Binalshibh,
Taxi Driver
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Visigothic kings ruled Spain until Muslims invaded in 711 and quickly took over most of the peninsula.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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In 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain expelled the Jews from their country, as did the King of Portugal four years later.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Gabilondo was invited to speak at a program organized by the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at New York University, NY.
That prompted King Philip II of Spain to charter soldiers and Jesuit missionaries to begin colonization of California to protect Spanish shipping.
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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King Ferdinand of Spain gave Ponce De Leon permission to find and colonize an island called Bimini.
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