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How did Queen María de Molina prevent Ferdinand IV from being dethroned?

  • She bribed the nobility

  • She confronted her son's enemies

  • She got foreign aid

  • She declared war on dissenters

Answer

Queen María de Molina confronted her son's enemies to prevent him from being dethroned. After Ferdinand IV became king of Castile and León, he faced many challenges from nobles and his own relatives. In 1295, a group of nobles led by Juan Núñez de Lara, the count of Lara, tried to dethrone Ferdinand.
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