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===Expulsion===
{{Main|Expulsion of the Moriscos}}
[[File:Embarco moriscos en el Grao de valencia.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|''Embarkation of Moriscos in Valencia'' by {{ILL|Pere Oromig|es}
At the instigation of the [[Francisco Goméz de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma|Duke of Lerma]] and the [[Viceroy of Valencia]], Archbishop [[Juan de Ribera]], [[Philip III of Spain#Expulsion of the Moors (1609–1610)|Philip III]] [[expulsion of the Moriscos|expelled]] the Moriscos from Spain between 1609 (Aragon) and 1614 (Castile).<ref>L. P. Harvey. ''Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614''. University Of Chicago Press, 2005. {{ISBN|978-0226319636}}.</ref> They were ordered to depart "under the pain of death and confiscation, without trial or sentence... to take with them no money, bullion, jewels or bills of exchange... just what they could carry."<ref>H.C Lea, ''The Moriscos of Spain''; op cit; p. 345</ref> Estimates for the number expelled have varied, although contemporary accounts set the number at between 270,000 and 300,000 (about 4% of the Spanish population).
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