Queen of Castile and León, Queen consort of Aragon, Majorca, Naples, Sicily and Valencia Isabella van Castilië, Aragon

1451 - 1504  (53 years)

• Name	Isabella van Castilië  [1]
  Title	Queen of Castile and León, Queen consort of Aragon, Majorca, Naples, Sicily and Valencia
  Suffix	Aragon
  Birth	22 Apr 1451	Avila, Castilla-Leon, Spain   [1]
  	Madrigal De Las Altas Torres
  Gender	Female
  Death	26 Nov 1504	Medina del Campo, Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain   [1]
  Burial	Royal Chapel of Granada, Granada, Andalucia, Spain   [1]
  Person ID	I4826	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Juan de Castilla y León, II,   b. 6 Mar 1405, Toro, Zamora, Castilla-Leon, Spain d. 20 Jul 1454, Valladolid, Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Queen of Castile Queen Isabella de Portugal,   b. 1428, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal d. 15 Aug 1496, Spain (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Aug 1447	Madrigalejo, CAceres, Extremadura, Spain
  Family ID	F540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	King of Aragon, King of Sicily, King of Naples, and King of Valencia, Sardinia, and Navarre King Ferdinand de Aragón, II,   b. 10 Mar 1452, Sos, Huesca, Aragon, Spain d. 23 Jan 1516, Madrigalejo, CAceres, Extremadura, Spain (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	19 Oct 1469	Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain
  	Juan de Vivero
  Children	1. Queen of England Catherine d'Aragon,   b. 15 Dec 1485, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Madrid, Spain d. 7 Jan 1536, Huntingdonshire, England (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1416	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Apr 1451 - Avila, Castilla-Leon, Spain Marriage - 19 Oct 1469 - Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain Death - 26 Nov 1504 - Medina del Campo, Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Biographies and Histories

  Bio-CASTILE Isabella Queen Isabella van Castilië Aragon I

  
  

  Old World

  _Isabella I of Castile Isabella I (22 Apr 1451 – 26 Nov 1504), also called Isabella the Catholic was Queen of Castile from 1474 until her death in 1504, as well as Queen consort of Aragon from 1479 until 1504 by virtue of her marriage to King Ferdinand II of Aragon. Reigning together over a dynastically unified Spain, Isabella and Ferdinand are known as the Catholic…

  
  

• Sources

  [S10709] FindAGrave Old World (Famous), Isabella I 1451-1504 Queen of Spain. Isabella Castile - Spanish Monarch. Born in the castle of La Mota at Madrigal de las Altas Torres, the daughter of Juan II of Castile, and his second wife, Isabella of Portugal. Her father died in 1454, and her half-brother, Henry IV, succeeded to the Castilian throne. Henry IV recognized Isabella as his heir over his daughter, Juana, whose paternity he apparently doubted. Isabella married Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 and would eventually have five children with him. Henry IV died in December 1474, and Isabella was proclaimed Queen of Castile. A civil war erupted as Juana made her bid for the crown, supported by the Portuguese king, Alfonso V. Juana eventually abandoned her claims, taking the veil in 1480, and removing all obstruction toward making Isabella's claim to the throne of Castile unquestioned. In 1478, Isabella and Ferdinand had established the Spanish Inquisition as a royal council and set out on a campaign of religious homogenization. The monarchs began a conquest of Granada which was under Moorish control in 1481, achieving a final victory by 1492. That same year, the crown ordered both the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and chose to finance the expedition of Christopher Columbus which would bring New World wealth to Spain. Following an abortive Moorish revolt in 1502, Moslems who refused Christian baptism were also expelled from Spain. In 1503, Isabella organized the Secretariate of Indian Affairs, which was the origin of the Supreme Council of the Indies. Isabella received the title of Reina Católica from Pope Alexander VI. Before her death, Isabella and Ferdinand managed to unite Spain, centralize the crown's power, successfully execute the reconquista of Granada, and lay the groundwork for the dominant power of the next century. Isabella died in Medina del Campo at the age of 53 and was succeeded in her Castilian titles by her daughter Juana called la Loca. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9712415/isabella_i