History behind Isabella...?

[PoweredBySoy]

Historically, who is Isabella supposed to represent? Isabella of Burgundy?

Does anyone have any background info or a biography on her?

Thanks.

 

[Armorydave]

Historically, who is Isabella supposed to represent? Isabella of Burgundy?

Does anyone have any background info or a biography on her?

Thanks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_of_Castile

 

[Xenophonos]

I haven't checked the civilopedia on her, which you can do to get your answer but I'm assuming it's Isabella of Castile:

-wife to Phillip of Aragon ::EDIT:: WIFE TO FERDINAND
-took part in reconquering Spain from the Moors
-provided Christopher Columbus the resources to find a new trade route to the east (stumbling on the New World in the process)

 

[jayron32]

I haven't checked the civilopedia on her, which you can do to get your answer but I'm assuming it's Isabella of Castile:

-wife to Phillip of Aragon
-took part in reconquering Spain from the Moors
-provided Christopher Columbus the resources to find a new trade route to the east (stumbling on the New World in the process)

That should read: wife to _Ferdinand_ of Aragon. Spain wouldn't have a King Philip for 100 years or so.

She with Ferdinand united the 2 main Spanish kingdoms (Aragon and Castile) through dynastic union (though they were operated for many years as seperate kingdoms, with separate "Cortes", even through the same monarch. Much the same arrangement as England and Scotland from James I/VI through Queen Anne). The two of them completed the reconquista (driving the Muslims from Spain) and are most famous for funding Christopher Columbus's voyages. Her position is unique in a few ways. She was considered an equal ruler in her own realm with Ferdinand, unlike other similar dynastic arrangements (Look to Willaim III/Mary II of England. William clearly drove policy for England, despite being the dutch "outsider".) She was one of the first major Queens Regnant (in her own right) in Western Europe (France would never have one, England would wait until Mary I almost 100 years later, and the German Lands would wait until Maria Theresa of Austria 300 years later). Her offspring would include: Her daughter, Catherine of Aragon, whose marriage to Henry VIII and subsequent divorce is the basis for the spread of Anglican Protestantism; Her grandson Charles would arguably rule one of the greatest empires of European History, being both King of Spain (Carlos I), and Holy Roman Emperor (Karl V).

Hope that is of some help.

 

[Urederra]

The two of them completed the reconquista (driving the Muslims from Spain) and are most famous for funding Christopher Columbus's voyages. Her position is unique in a few ways.

And that drove the spanish to the conquest of the Americas, the discovery of the Phillipines (named so after her grandson? Phillip II, who reigned the largest empire in history until then, larger than the mongol one), and Magellan's first voyage around the world. So, basically, she was the iniciator of the Spanish empire.