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Isabella I
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Is·a·bel·la I  (z-bl) Known as "Isabella the Catholic." 1451-1504.
Queen of Castile (1474-1504). Her marriage in 1469 to Ferdinand V of Castile and León (later Ferdinand II of Aragon) marked the beginning of a unified Spanish state. Isabella sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus.
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(Biographies / Isabella I (1451-1504) F, Spanish, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) known as Isabella the Catholic. 1451-1504, queen of Castile (1474-1504) and, with her husband, Ferdinand V, joint ruler of Castile and Aragon (1479-1504)
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Noun1.Isabella I - the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504)
Isabella, Isabella the Catholic, Queen Isabella
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