Luis de la Cerda, then serving as a French ambassador to the papal court in Avignon, submitted a proposal to Pope Clement VI that offered the Catholic Church the more palatable vision of conquering the islands and converting the native Guanches to Christianity.
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The Catholic Monarchs, Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon created the title and awarded it to Luis de la Cerda y de la Vega on October 31, 1479.