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Isabella I of Castile

1451 - 1504

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Isabella I (Spanish: Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: Isabel la Católica), was Queen of Castile and León from 1474 until her death in 1504. She was also Queen of Aragon from 1479 until her death as the wife of King Ferdinand II. Reigning together over a dynastically unified Spain, Isabella and Ferdinand are known as the Catholic Monarchs. After a struggle to claim the throne, Isabella reorganized the governmental system, brought the crime rate down, and unburdened the kingdom of the debt, which her half-brother King Henry IV had left behind. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isabella I of Castile has received more than 6,963,926 page views. Her biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 81 in 2019). Isabella I of Castile is the 107th most popular politician (up from 109th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Spain (up from 16th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Spanish Politician.

Isabella I of Castile was the Queen of Castile and León from 1474 until her death in 1504. She was the daughter of John II of Castile and Maria of Aragon, and she married Ferdinand II of Aragon. She was the first woman to rule Castile.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Isabella I of Castile ranks 107 out of 15,577Before her are Mehmed III, Philip IV of France, Hadrian, Mary II of England, Herod the Great, and Hermann Göring. After her are Yasser Arafat, Pepin the Short, Louis XIII of France, Philip II of Macedon, Hatshepsut, and Tiberius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1451, Isabella I of Castile ranks 2Before her is Christopher Columbus. After her are James III of Scotland, René II, Duke of Lorraine, Frederick of Naples, Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence, Kemal Reis, Muhammad Shaybani, Nicolás de Ovando, and Franchinus Gaffurius. Among people deceased in 1504, Isabella I of Castile ranks 1After her are Stephen III of Moldavia, Filippino Lippi, Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, Frederick of Naples, John Corvinus, Pedro Berruguete, Alvise Vivarini, Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg, Mauro Codussi, and Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Isabella I of Castile ranks 15 out of 2,932Before her are Trajan (53), Francisco Franco (1892), Philip II of Spain (1527), Hernán Cortés (1485), Theodosius I (340), and Hadrian (76). After her are Catherine of Aragon (1485), Ignatius of Loyola (1491), Francisco Pizarro (1478), Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503), Pope Alexander VI (1431), and Joanna of Castile (1479).

Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Isabella I of Castile ranks 6Before her are Trajan (53), Francisco Franco (1892), Philip II of Spain (1527), Theodosius I (340), and Hadrian (76). After her are Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503), Joanna of Castile (1479), Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452), Philip IV of Spain (1605), Charles II of Spain (1661), and Philip III of Spain (1578).