Isabella I of Castile, Queen of Castile and Leon

1451 - 1504  (53 years)

• Name	Isabella I of Castile
  Suffix	Queen of Castile and Leon
  Birth	22 Apr 1451	Madrigal de las Altas Torres   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	26 Nov 1504	Medina del Campo   [2, 3]
  Burial	Royal Chapel of Granada   [2]
  Person ID	I47342	The Hennessee Family
  Last Modified	14 May 2019

  
  

  Father	John II of Castile
  Mother	Isabella of Portugal
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Family ID	F17374	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	King of Aragon Ferdinand II of Aragon,   b. 10 Mar 1452, Sada Palace, Sos, Aragon d. 23 Jan 1516, Madrigalejo, Extremadura (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	1469  [1, 3]
  Children	1. Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England,   b. 16 Dec 1485, Castile, Spain d. 7 Jan 1536, Kimbolton Castle, England (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F17371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Apr 1451 - Madrigal de las Altas Torres Death - 26 Nov 1504 - Medina del Campo Burial - - Royal Chapel of Granada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Isabella I of Castile

  
  

• Notes

  Isabella I (Spanish: Isabel, 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504) reigned as Queen of Castile from 1474 until her death. Her marriage to Ferdinand II of Aragon became the basis for the political unification of Spain under their grandson, Charles V. After a struggle to claim her right to the throne, she reorganized the governmental system, brought the crime rate to the lowest it had been in years, and unburdened the kingdom of the enormous debt her brother had left behind. Her reforms and those she made with her husband had an influence that extended well beyond the borders of their united kingdoms. Isabella and Ferdinand are known for completing the Reconquista, ordering conversion or exile of their Muslim and Jewish subjects, and for supporting and financing Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage that led to the opening of the New World and to the establishment of Spain as the first global power which dominated Europe and much of the world for more than a century.[2] Isabella, granted together with her husband the title "the Catholic" by Pope Alexander VI, was recognized as a Servant of God by the Catholic Church in 1974. end of this partial biography [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S10280] "Catherine of Aragon" biography, abstracted, downloaded and published Monday, January 23rd, 2017 by David A. Hennessee,. [S14135] "Isabella I of Castile", Biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_I_of_Castile, Abstracted or parsed by David A. [S14134] "Ferdinand II of Aragon", Biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_II_of_Aragon, Abstracted or parsed by David.