Isabella I of Castile

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Catholic monarch Queen of Castile human monarch

Isabella I of Castile was the late 15th-century queen of Castile and León who, alongside her husband Ferdinand II of Aragon, completed the Reconquista, sponsored Christopher Columbus’s 1492 voyage, and centralized royal power in what became a unified Spain.

Aliases (5)

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic monarch →
Queen of Castile →
human →
monarch →
associatedWith Age of Exploration →
surface form: "Age of Discovery"

Granada War →
burialPlace Royal Chapel of Granada →
child Catherine of Aragon →
Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal →
Joanna of Castile →
John, Prince of Asturias →
Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal →
coronationDate 1474-12-13 →
coronationPlace Segovia →
coRuledEntity Catholic Monarchs →
countryOfBirth Crown of Castile →
countryOfDeath Crown of Castile →
dateOfBirth 1451-04-22 →
dateOfDeath 1504-11-26 →
era Late Middle Ages →
early modern period →
father John II of Castile →
fullName Isabella I of Castile →
givenName Isabella →
halfSibling Henry IV of Castile →
house House of Trastámara →
implementedPolicy centralization of royal authority in Castile →
reform of the royal council →
strengthening of the Santa Hermandad →
support for the Spanish Inquisition →
knownAs Isabella I of Castile →
surface form: "Isabella the Catholic"
languageSpoken Spanish →
surface form: "Castilian"
monarchOf Crown of Castile →
Kingdom of León →
mother Isabella of Portugal →
surface form: "Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile"
notableFor unification of Spain under Catholic Monarchs →
notableWork completion of the Reconquista →
partnerInRuleWith Ferdinand II of Aragon →
placeOfBirth Madrigal de las Altas Torres →
placeOfDeath Medina del Campo →
placeOfMarriage Valladolid →
positionHeld Queen consort of Aragon →
Queen consort of Sicily →
Isabella I of Castile →
surface form: "Queen of Castile and León"
predecessor Henry IV of Castile →
reignEnd 1504-11-26 →
reignStart 1474-12-11 →
religion Roman Catholicism →
sexOrGender female →
sibling Alfonso, Prince of Asturias →
significantEvent Spanish Expulsion of 1492 →
surface form: "Alhambra Decree expelling Jews from Castile and Aragon"

Reconquista →
surface form: "Fall of Granada"

establishment of the Spanish Inquisition in Castile →
sponsorship of Columbus’s 1492 voyage →
significantEventDate 1478 →
1492-01-02 →
1492-03-31 →
1492-08-03 →
sponsored Christopher Columbus →
spouse Ferdinand II of Aragon →
startTimeOfMarriage 1469-10-19 →
successor Joanna of Castile →

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: "Nicolás de Ovando"
Spanish monarchy → associatedRulers → Isabella I of Castile →
subject surface form: "Exigit sincerae devotionis affectus"
Royal Chapel of Granada → burialPlaceOf → Isabella I of Castile →
this entity surface form: "Queen Isabella I of Castile"
John II of Castile → child → Isabella I of Castile →
this entity surface form: "Isabella of Castile"
War of the Castilian Succession → commander → Isabella I of Castile →
Royal Chapel of Granada → commissionedBy → Isabella I of Castile →
Kingdom of Granada → conqueredBy → Isabella I of Castile →
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba → employer → Isabella I of Castile →
Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes → foundedBy → Isabella I of Castile →
Spanish Inquisition → foundedBy → Isabella I of Castile →
Isabella I of Castile → fullName → Isabella I of Castile →
John II of Castile → grandchild → Isabella I of Castile →
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor → grandmother → Isabella I of Castile →
subject surface form: "Exigit sincerae devotionis affectus"
Queen → hasHistoricalExample → Isabella I of Castile →
this entity surface form: "Queen Isabella I of Castile"
Eleanor → hasVariant → Isabella I of Castile →
this entity surface form: "Leonor"
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros → influencedBy → Isabella I of Castile →
Spanish Expulsion of 1492 → issuedBy → Isabella I of Castile →
Isabella I of Castile → knownAs → Isabella I of Castile →
this entity surface form: "Isabella the Catholic"
Catholic Monarchs → member → Isabella I of Castile →
Crown of Castile → monarch → Isabella I of Castile →
Diego Columbus → monarchServed → Isabella I of Castile →
Catherine of Aragon → mother → Isabella I of Castile →
Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal → mother → Isabella I of Castile →
Joanna of Castile → mother → Isabella I of Castile →
this entity surface form: "Queen Isabella I of Castile"
Order of Isabella the Catholic → namedAfter → Isabella I of Castile →
House of Trastámara → notableMember → Isabella I of Castile →
subject surface form: "Crown of Castile"
King of Castile → notableOfficeHolder → Isabella I of Castile →
John II of Castile → notableRelative → Isabella I of Castile →
Castile → notableRuler → Isabella I of Castile →
Kingdom of Aragon → notableRuler → Isabella I of Castile →
Joanna la Beltraneja → opponent → Isabella I of Castile →
Tempietto of San Pietro in Montorio → patron → Isabella I of Castile →
Isabella I of Castile → positionHeld → Isabella I of Castile →
this entity surface form: "Queen of Castile and León"
Philip I of Castile → predecessor → Isabella I of Castile →
Joanna of Castile → predecessorAsQueenOfCastile → Isabella I of Castile →
War of the Castilian Succession → relatedTo → Isabella I of Castile →
Joanna la Beltraneja → relative → Isabella I of Castile →
Henry IV of Castile → sibling → Isabella I of Castile →
Treaty of Tordesillas → signatory → Isabella I of Castile →
Christopher Columbus → sponsoredBy → Isabella I of Castile →
Ferdinand II of Aragon → spouse → Isabella I of Castile →
King of Aragon → spouseOfTitleHolder → Isabella I of Castile →
Henry IV of Castile → successor → Isabella I of Castile →