See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

ISABELLA (1451-15o4)  , surnamed la Catolica, " the See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic," See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of See also:

• CASTILE, or CASTILLE (Castilla)

Castile, was the second See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child and only daughter of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John II. of Castile by his second wife See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella, granddaughter of John I. of See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal (thus being through both parents a descendant of John of Gaunt), and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MADRIGAL (Ital. madrigale)

Madrigal on the 22nd of See also:

• APRIL

April 1451 . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of her See also:

• FATHER

father, who was succeeded by her See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry IV . (1454), she was withdrawn by her See also:

• MOTHER

mother to Arevalo, where her See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• EDUCATION

education was See also:

• CON

con- ducted in the deepest seclusion; in 1462, however, along with her uterine brother See also:

• ALPHONSO

Alphonso, she was removed by Henry to the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, where she showed a remarkable example of staidness and sobriety . Already more than one suitor had made application for her See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand of See also:

• ARAGON, or ARRAGON (in Span. Aragon)

Aragon, who ultimately became her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband, being among the number; for some little, See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time she was engaged to his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder brother See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles, who died in 1461 . In her thirteenth See also:

• YEAR

year her brother promised her in See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage to Alphonso of Portugal, but she firmly refused to consent; her resistance seemed less likely to be effectual in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of Pedro Giron, See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of Calatrava and brother of the See also:

• MARQUIS

marquis of See also:

• VILLENA
• VILLENA, ENRIQUE DE (1384-1434)

Villena, to whom she was next affianced, when she was delivered from her fears by the sudden death of the bridegroom while on his way to the nuptials in 1466 . After an offer of the See also:

• CROWN

crown of Castile, made by the revolutionary leaders in the See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, had been declined by her, she was in 1468 formally recognized by her brother as lawful See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir, after himself, to the See also:

• UNITED

united crowns of Castile and See also:

• LEON
• LEON, LUIS PONCE DE (1527-1591)
• LEON, MOSES BEN SI
• LEON, or LEON DE LAS ALDAMAS

Leon . New candidates for her hand now appeared in the persons of a brother of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward IV. of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England (probably See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• GLOUCESTER
• GLOUCESTER (abbreviated as pronounced Glo'ster)
• GLOUCESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• GLOUCESTER, GILBERT DE CLARE, EARL OF (1243-1295)
• GLOUCESTER, RICHARD DE CLARE, EARL OF (1222-1262)
• GLOUCESTER, ROBERT, EARL OF (d. 1147)
• GLOUCESTER, THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK, DUKE

Gloucester), and the duke of See also:

• GUIENNE

Guienne, brother of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XI., and heir presumptive of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy . Finally however, in See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of very See also:

• GREAT

great difficulties, she was married to Ferdinand of Aragon at See also:

• VALLADOLID

Valladolid on the r9th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1469 . Thence forward the fortunes of Ferdinand and Isabella were inseparably blended . For some time they held a humble court at Duenas, and after-wards they resided at See also:

• SEGOVIA

Segovia, where, on the death of Henry, she was proclaimed queen of Castile and Leon (See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 13, 1474) . See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain undoubtedly owed to Isabella's clear See also:

• INTELLECT (Lat. intellectus, from intelligere, to understand)

intellect, resolute See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy and unselfish patriotism much of that greatness which for the first time it acquired under " the Catholic sovereigns." The moral See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the queen's See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character over the Castilian court was incalculably great; from the debasement and degradation of the preceding reign she raised it to being " the nursery of virtue and of generous ambition." She did much for letters in Spain by See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace school and by her See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter See also:

• MARTYR (Gr. pimp or µaprvs)

Martyr d'Anghiera . The very sincerity of her piety and strength of her religious convictions led her more than once, however, into great errors of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state policy, and into more than one See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act which offends the moral sense of a more refined See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age her efforts for the introduction of the See also:

• INQUISITION, THE (Lat. inquisitio, an inquiry)

Inquisition into Castile, and for the proscription of the See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews, are outstanding evidences of what can only be called her bigotry .

But not even , Possibly in the war at the beginning of the reign of Bahram V.: but on the uncertainty see See also:

• NOLDEKE
• NOLDEKE, THEODOR (1836— )

NOldeke, Gesch. d . Perser.und Araber, 117 . s Probably at the hands of the Hephthalites or See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White See also:

• HUNS

Huns of Kushan : cf . See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac's mention of the Huns in 1 . 420 of the 1st poem . 3 The author refers to the weeping for Tammuz (I . 125 of the 1st poem), and speaks of his See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city as illustrious throughout the See also:

• WORLD

world (ib . 1 . 132) . the briefest See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch of her See also:

• LIFE

life can omit to See also:

• NOTICE

notice that happy See also:

• INSTINCT

instinct or See also:

• INTUITION (from Lat. intueri, to look at)

intuition which led her, when all others had heard with in-credulity the See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme of See also:

• COLUMBUS
• COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER [in Spanish CRISTOBAL COLON] (c. 1446, or perhaps rather 1451, -15o6)

Columbus, to recall the wanderer to her presence with the words, " I will assume the undertaking for my own crown of Castile, and am ready to See also:

• PAWN

pawn my jewels to defray the expenses of it, if the funds in the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury should be found inadequate." She died at See also:

• MEDINA
• MEDINA, JOSE TORIBIO (1852- )

Medina del Campo on the 24th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1504, and was succeeded by her daughter See also:

• JOANNA (1479-1555)

Joanna " la loca " (the " Crazy ") and her husband, See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip of See also:

• HABSBURG, or HAPSBURG

Habsburg . See W . H .

See also:

• PRESCOTT, WILLIAM HICKLING (1796-1859)

Prescott, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella (1837), where the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original authorities are exhaustively enumerated; and for later researches, See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron de Nervo, Isabella the Catholic, translated by Lieut.-See also:

• COL
• COL (Fr. for " neck," Lat. collum)

Col . See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West (1897) .