Isabella was Queen of Castile and Leon. With her husband Ferdinand II of Aragon she presided over the final defeat of the Moors in Spain, the eventual eviction of the Moors and the Jews, and the beginning of the Spanish Inquisition.
They were called King Ferdinand the Second of Aragon and Queen Isabella the First of Castile.
King Ferdinand is the king that gave Christopher Columbus the money to sail to North America, or the New Land, as it was called. He was married to Queen Isabella.
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Isabella of France (sometimes called Isabella, the She-Wolf of France)
They were styled Catholic monarchs, his wife was not called a Catholic King: The title of "Catholic King and Queen" was bestowed on them by Pope Alexander VI in 1496, for defending Catholic dogmas within their realms.
Catholic monarchs were called by this name because they were staunch defenders of the Catholic faith and played a significant role in promoting and protecting Catholicism in their realms. The term is most commonly associated with King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile, who united Spain in the late 15th century and sought to consolidate religious unity by supporting the Spanish Inquisition and expelling non-Christians from their territories. Their devotion to the Church and efforts to spread Catholicism earned them the title from Pope Alexander VI in 1496.
The Traveling Queen Isabella I was called Isabella la Catolica, Isabel the Catholic, because she was quite religious.
She was the youngest surviving child of Ferdinand and Isabella, joint rulers of Spain
Isabella was Queen of Castile and Leon. With her husband Ferdinand II of Aragon she presided over the final defeat of the Moors in Spain, the eventual eviction of the Moors and the Jews, and the beginning of the Spanish Inquisition.
They were called King Ferdinand the Second of Aragon and Queen Isabella the First of Castile.
First they drove the Moors from Spain or made them convert to Catholicism. Then they drove the Jews from Spain or made them convert to Catholicism. Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand gave Christopher Columbus money to sail across the ocean to try and find a sea route to Asia from the East.
She was important for lots of things, on of them is she was the youngest daughter of Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella. Catherine would later grow up to be the 1st wife of the infamous King Henry VIII, and her refusal to go for a divorce and retire into a nunnery when Henry fell head over heels for Anne Boleyn led to Henry breaking away from the Catholic Church. She was the mother of Mary Tudor who got given a nickname called Bloody Mary when she was older.
Phillip II was known as the " Most Catholic King" because he had extreme control over the catholic church, he even had more control then the protestants did. He was also given this name because he controlled more of the church then any other country had.
King Ferdinand is the king that gave Christopher Columbus the money to sail to North America, or the New Land, as it was called. He was married to Queen Isabella.
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand sponsored (gave him money) his voyage. They gave him 3 ships called the the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
Her name was Isabella, that's why she was called Isabella I.