Queen Isabella I of Castile

Queen Isabella I of Castile
“One king, one law, one faith”

Early Life
• Queen Isabella was born April 22nd, 1451 in Madrigal de
las Atlas Torres.
• Her parents were John II of Castile and Isabella of
Portugal.
• Her father died when she was three, her older brother
Henry then became king.
• He was an awful ruler, and the people were calling for
him to be overthrown.
• Her younger brother then died from the plague, this left
Isabella to inherit the throne. Queen Isabella’s older
brother, Henry VI, passed the throne on to her
December 10, 1474. She was now the official Queen of
Castile and Leon.
Marriage
• She had agreed to marry whomever Henry IV, her
brother, chose for her.
• She refused all his marriage proposals.
• She wanted to Marry Ferdinand of Aragon, but they were
second cousins.
• The Pope at the time granted them a Papal Bull, allowing
them to marry.
• They met secretly and were married on Oct. 19 1469 in
Palacio de los Vivero in Valladolid.
• Henry tried to have the Pope undo the marriage, but he
refused to. The marriage was made final when they had
their first child.
Hermandad
• When Isabella became Queen nobles
throughout Castile and Leon thought they had as
much power as the Queen
• Isabella reinstated the Hermandad to solve this
problem.
• The Hermandad was a peace keeping group
Isabella controlled.
• This broke the power of nobles throughout
Castile and Leon, it left Isabella I in complete
control.
Granada
• Isabella then looked to reunite
Spain.
• By marrying Ferdinand she had
already started doing this. Together
they then had enough power to start
a campaign against Moors (Muslims
living in Spain).
• They attacked the main Muslim
stronghold Granada. After 11 years
of fighting they gained control of
Granada in 1492.
• This unified Spain for the time being,
the people of Spain saw Isabella as
a symbol of unification.
• In the beginning they allowed
Muslims to keep their religion, but
this would not last.
Columbus
• Also in 1492 Isabella granted Christopher Columbus the

ability to try and sail west to the Indies.
• She had rejected him 2 times already but finally allowed
him to go on Aug. 3, 1492.
• When he returned and shared what he had found, Spain
began to send ships and people to this new land.
• Spain became a world power in trading and exploration.
• Isabella and Ferdinand split control of all land found
outside of Europe with the leader of Portugal.
• Spain started new colonies in America and became one
of the largest world powers of the time.
• Spanish tradition was spread around the world.
Removal of Muslims and Jews and
the Spanish Inquisition
• The other major goal of Queen
Isabella was the religious unification
of Spain under Roman Catholicism.
• In 1492 the Alhambra decree
resulted in 200,000 Jews leaving
Spain.
• The Muslims of the Granada also
were either forced to convert or
leave Spain.
• The goal of the Spanish Inquisition’s
was to completely unify Spain under
one religion. The goal was reached
but many Jews and Muslims not
only had to leave Spain but were
killed in the process.
• Spain was finally unified for a time
being under Roman Catholicism.
Death
• Queen Isabella died in 1504 in Medina del
Campo.
• She was buried at Granada in Capilla Real.
• There is a museum next to the tomb containing
her crown and scepter.
• She left her throne to her daughter, Joanna the
Mad.
Lasting Legacy
• Queen Isabella I and Ferdinand II of
Aragon were married but ruled
separately. They helped each other in
battle and completed goals together.
• She laid the foundation for the
unification of Spain to come in later
years.
• She unified Spain under one religion,
and spread Spanish colonies and
tradition around the world.
• For all her work with religion (creation of
Conceptionists and spread of Roman
Catholicism.) the Pope called her the
“Roman Monarch”
• Spain benefited greatly from the rule of
Queen Isabella I. It was said…
“Queen Isabella forged a nation and a
national character”.

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• Also in 1492 Isabella granted Christopher Columbus the

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