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  1. 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 ...

  2. Isabella I (Spanish: Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), [2] also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: Isabel la Católica), was Queen of Castile and León from 1474 until her death in 1504. She was also Queen of Aragon from 1479 until her death as the wife of King Ferdinand II. Reigning together over a dynastically unified Spain ...

  3. Oct 10, 2024 · It all began with Queen Isabella I of Castile, the first queen of Spain, who financed Christopher Columbus ’s expedition in 1492 that ultimately led to the discovery of the Americas. A stream of ...

  4. 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.

  5. www.biographyonline.net › royalty › isabella-iQueen Isabella I Biography

    Queen Isabella I of Castile (1451 – 1504) was an influential monarch who helped to unite the different regions of Spain and make Spain a leading power in Europe and the Americas. Queen Isabella was a strict Catholic and, amongst contemporaries, was noted for her ‘virtue and fear of God’. She was an effective monarch in bringing greater ...

  6. 181: Isabella I of Castile. Queen of Castile; Though Her Rise to Power was Remarkable to Say the Least. Born: 22 April 1451, Madrigal, Castile (Present-day Spain) Died: 26 November 1504, Medina del Campo, Spain. Upon her birth she was the second child of the king—and it was her twenty-six-year-old half-brother who was expected to succeed ...

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  8. Aug 3, 2024 · Isabella’s cause for beatification, open since the 1950s, had been quietly advancing but was halted at the Vatican in 1991, just one year before the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the Americas. The main reason for the pause in the cause was her role in the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, a request led by Cardinal Jean-Marie ...

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