Isabel la Catolica

Queen of Castile and León

Isabel I of Castile, also known as Isabel la Catolica, was the Queen of Castile and León from 1474 to 1504. She was the daughter of King John II of Castile and Queen Isabella of Portugal, and she married Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1469. Isabel was a key figure in the unification of Spain and played a crucial role in the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors. She was also a patro...