What is Isabella of Castile?
[[File:IsabellaofCastile03.jpg|thumb|180px|Isabella of Castile]] [[File:IsabellaofCastile05.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Ferndinand & Isabella]] '''Isabella of Castile''' (22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08177a.htm |title=Isabella I |first= R.R.|last=Amadó|work=Catholic Encycopedia |year=1910 |accessdate=28 February 2013}}</ref> was a queen of [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]] and [[Kingdom of León|León]]. She was the daughter of [[John II of Castile]] and his second wife [[Isabel of Portugal]]. Her brother, [[Enrique IV of Castile|Enrique IV]], who was the king of Castile, wanted her to marry her off. She wanted to marry someone from [[Portugal]] to make a political ally. She secretly married [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] in 1469, and had five children with him. The youngest was [[Catherine of Aragon]], who married [[Henry VIII of England]] in 1509. Isabella was the grandmother of Carlos I of [[Spain]] ([[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]]). When Isabella’s brother died, she was supposed to be the new queen. Her brother Enrique's daughter, Juana, wanted to become queen instead. After a war, Isabella became queen. At the same time, Isabella’s husband, Ferdinand, became king of Aragon. They united the lands of Castile and Aragon into present-day Spain. Isabella helped pay for four of [[Christopher Columbus]]’ trips to find the [[Americas]]. In their time, the Americas were called “The New World”. She signed a truce in 1492 that made Spain a Christian country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Authentication/LogOn?returnUrl=%2f|title=World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras - Username|website=ancienthistory.abc-clio.com|access-date=2019-02-11|archive-date=2019-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221210700/https://ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Authentication/LogOn?returnUrl=%2F|url-status=dead}}</ref> After she died, her daughter [[Joanna of Castile]] became queen. ==References== {{Reflist}} * Weissberger,Barbara, 2008. ''Queen Isabel