Historical Figure
Isabella I
d. 1504
Queen of Castile and León from 1474 to 1504
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Key Dates
Death
1504 November 26, 1504 →Biography
Isabella I 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. Her reign marked the end of the Reconquista and also the start of the Spanish Empire, allowing Spain to dominate European politics for the next century.
Timeline
Conrad of Montferrat becomes King of Jerusalem upon his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem.
November 24 →Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile, a marriage that paves the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain.
October 19 →Christopher Columbus presents his plans discovering a western route to the Indies to the Spanish Queen Isabella I of Castile.
May 1 →Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile sign the Edict of Expulsion of the Jews from Spain, ordering all Jews in their kingdoms to either convert to Christianity or leave the country.
March 31 →The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented to Queen Isabella I.
August 18 →Isabella I issues an edict outlawing Islam in the Crown of Castile, forcing virtually all her Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity.
February 12 →More from the Renaissance
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