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Isabella I

American  

noun

  1. the Catholic, 1451–1504, wife of Ferdinand V: queen of Castile 1474–1504; joint ruler of Aragon 1479–1504.


Isabella I British  

noun

  1. known as Isabella the Catholic. 1451–1504, queen of Castile (1474–1504) and, with her husband, Ferdinand V, joint ruler of Castile and Aragon (1479–1504)

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The statue in California’s Capitol depicts Columbus appealing to Queen Isabella I, who financed his voyage to the New World in 1492 that began an era of colonialism in the Americas.

From Washington Times

The new statue joins others in town of figures I knew were Spanish — like Queen Isabella I, outside the Organization of American States — and those I didn’t.

From Washington Post

Next to Granada’s cathedral is the late-Gothic Royal Chapel, which houses the tombs of King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I of Spain.

From Washington Post

Few Washingtonians may have noticed, but likenesses of Queen Isabella I of Castile, the most dynamic and arguably most controversial female ruler of late medieval Europe, are scattered throughout the District.

From Washington Post

As Constanza was the great-grandmother of Isabella I. of Spain, so in the veins of that revered Queen there flowed the blood of the Plantagenets, as well as that of Pedro the Cruel!

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