Pardoning political opponents
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Pardoning political opponents

Ferdinand V and Isabella I, 22 May 1476

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Pardoning political opponents
Ferdinand V and Isabella I, 22 May 1476
FERDINAND V (1452-1516) and ISABELLA I (1451-1504). Document signed ("Yo El Ray" and "Yo la Renya"), Valladolid, 22 May 1476.
 
In Spanish. One page, 314 x 305 mm (a few weak fold points reinforced with paper), hinged to a mat and framed.
 
A pardon for an opponent of Isabella's ascension to the throne. This was one of six pardons granted to noblemen who staged an insurrection against Isabella's ascension rights between 1471 and 1476. Signed a month after the conclusion of the insurrection, this document was directed to Count Uruena of the Tellz Giron family. Provenance: Swann Galleries, 20 October 1977, lot 78.