Isabella II

British  

noun

1. 1830–1904, queen of Spain (1833–68), whose accession precipitated the first Carlist war (1833–39). She was deposed in a revolution

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Example Sentences

But if there’s a star attraction in this subterranean gallery, it’s Pius IX’s tiara, which was a gift from Queen Isabella II of Spain.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2018

He captured the collier Restormel carrying coal to Cervera's fleet, as well as the cruiser Isabella II and the destroyer Terror.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their houses, as well as those of the unreformed portion of the order, were suppressed in Spain in the reign of Isabella II.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander

In 1870, the Spanish Liberals expelled Queen Isabella II and offered the crown of Spain to a Hohenzollern prince.

From Winning a Cause World War Stories by Bigwood, Inez

Espartero became in 1832, on the death of King Ferdinand VII., one of the most ardent defenders of the rights of his daughter, Isabella II.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various