Sentence examples for Castile from high-quality English sources.

• For history, see Castile.

• Yanez told Castile not to reach for it, and Castile told him several times he was not doing so.

• Late Thursday, a county medical examiner ruled the death a homicide, saying that Castile died of “multiple gunshot wounds.”

• For the region’s history, see Castile.

• In 1492 Castile and Aragon captured the last Muslim kingdom, Granada.

• Castile’s northern part is called Old Castile and the southern part is called New Castile.

• The first two dispossessed the third, and, on the murder of Sancho, Alfonso recovered the whole, becoming emperor of Castile and Leon.

• The autonomous community of Castile-León was established on February 25, 1983, from the historic region of Old Castile.

Use Castile in a sentence.

• Isabella was born in Madrigal, Castile, on April 22, 1451, the daughter of John II of Castile and Isabella of Portugal.

• The southern and slightly lower Meseta, once called Castilla la Nueva, or New Castile, is now known as Castile-La Mancha.

• Castile annexed the kingdom of Murcia in 1243, thereby securing access to the Mediterranean and challenging the southern expansion of the Crown of Aragon.

• In 1386 John departed for Spain to pursue his claim to the kingship of Castile and Leon based upon his marriage to Constance of Castile in 1371.

• The autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha was established by the statute of autonomy of August 10, 1982, from the historic region of New Castile.

• At birth, he was the heir to Leon, but his uncle, Henry I of Castile, died young, and his mother inherited the crown of Castile, which she conferred on him.

• After Castile informed Yanez he had a firearm, for which he was properly licensed, Yanez seemingly panicked, firing into the car and hitting Castile seven times.

• Sancho IV, byname Sancho The Brave, Spanish Sancho El Bravo, (born 1257—died April 25, 1295, Toledo, Castile), king of Castile and Leon from 1284 to 1295, second son of Alfonso X.

Castile sentence examples

• …from pure introspection, and in Campos de Castilla (1912; “Plains of Castile”) he sought to capture the stark landscape and spirit of Castile in a severely denuded and sombre style.

• It became the language of the court of the kingdoms of Castile and León in the 12th century, and the dominance of Castile within Spain allowed it to become the official language of the state.

• Iñigo López de Mendoza, marquis de Santillana, (born Aug. 19, 1398, Carrión de los Condes, Castile and Leon—died March 25, 1458, Guadalajara, Castile), Spanish poet and Humanist who was one of the great literary and political figures of his time.

• Isabella I, byname Isabella the Catholic, Spanish Isabel la Católica, (born April 22, 1451, Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Castile—died November 26, 1504, Medina del Campo, Spain), queen of Castile (1474–1504) and of Aragon (1479–1504), ruling the two kingdoms jointly from 1479 with her husband, Ferdinand II of Aragon (Ferdinand V of Castile).