You cry like a woman, for what you couldn't defend as a man'
Boabdil was heir to a dying kingdom.
In the 15th century, Granada was the last Muslim state in Spain. For 250 years it survived, living in the shadow of the Christian kingdoms.
But that all changed after the marriage between Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragorn united the two most powerful kingdoms in the lands.
The Newlywed's looked hungrily at Boabdil's impoverished state and dreamed of their place in the history books as the King and Queen who reconquered Spain in the name of the Cross...
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