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Also Known As Isabella the Catholic • Isabel la Católica
Born April 22, 1451 • Spain
Died November 26, 1504 (aged 53) • Spain • (Anniversary in 3 days)
Notable Family Members spouse Ferdinand II • father John II • daughter Catherine of Aragon • daughter Joan
Role In Reconquista

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Ferdinand II
king of Spain
Philip II
Philip II
king of Spain and Portugal
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
Diego Velázquez: painting of Philip III
Philip III
king of Spain and Portugal
Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, duke de Lerma
Spanish statesman
Charles V
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, oil painting by Sir Antony More, 1549; in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3 duque de Alba
Spanish soldier and statesman
Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
Spanish cardinal
Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental, count-duke de Olivares
prime minister of Spain
Manuel de Godoy
prime minister of Spain
Zenón de Somodevilla y Bengoechea marquis de la Ensenada
prime minister of Spain
Jerónimo de Zurita y Castro
Spanish historian
Luis Méndez de Haro
minister of Spain
Charles VI
Holy Roman emperor
Isabella Farnese
queen of Spain
Sir William Monson
English naval officer
Roderick
king of Visigoths
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
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