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Mar 27, 2017 · Isabella of Spain (1451-1504)* is best known to American school children–and consequently to American adults–as the woman who funded Christopher Columbus’s first voyage across the Atlantic. Those who were taught a slightly darker version of history* associate Isabella, together with her husband Ferdinand of Aragon, with the conquest of ...
The death of Isabella of Aragon created a necessity for Manuel I of Portugal to remarry, and Isabella's third daughter, Maria of Aragon and Castile, became his next bride. Isabella's youngest daughter, Catherine of Aragon , married England's Arthur, Prince of Wales , but his early death resulted in her being married to his younger brother, King Henry VIII of England .
Jan 14, 2019 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1963.256 The original owner of this exquisite book of hours was Queen Isabella of Spain, who sponsored Christopher Columbus's exploratory voyage to the Americas. Eventually this book found its way to the New World and was acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1963.
Born April 22, 1451, at Madrigal de las Altas Torres, near Avila, Isabella was the daughter of King John II of Castile and his second wife, Isabel of Portugal . At her birth, Isabella was second in line for the throne, behind her much older half-brother Henry, a son of John's by his earlier marriage to Maria of Aragon (1403–1445).
c. 1470-1520. Oil on panel | 37.5 x 26.9 x 0.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 403445. This portrait is one of a pair depicting Isabella I of Castile (1451-1504) and her husband Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452-1516), King and Queen of Spain, and parents of Katherine of Aragon (1485-1536). The paintings were first recorded in ...
Oct 31, 2023 · Isabella was born 22 April 1451 in the town of Madrigal de las Altas Torres in Castile (which is now modern Spain) to John II of Castile (r. 1406-1454) and Isabella of Portugal (1447-1454). Despite having two brothers and spending much time with her mother in Arévalo where she participated in more ladylike activities, Isabella was soon drawn in and involved with the Castilian political world.
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Sep 18, 2024 · She was brought to court when she was 13 and at the age of 17 was already recognized as Henry’s heir. Isabella I (born April 22, 1451, Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Castile—died November 26, 1504, Medina del Campo, Spain) was the queen of Castile (1474–1504) and of Aragon (1479–1504), ruling the two kingdoms jointly from 1479 with her ...
