Friday, February 27, 2004

Isabella I

Byname �Isabella the Catholic�, Spanish �Isabel la Cat�lica� queen of Castile (1474 - 1504) and of Aragon (1479 - 1504), ruling the two kingdoms jointly from 1479 with her husband, Ferdinand II of Aragon (Ferdinand V of Castile). Their rule effected the permanent union of Spain and the beginning of an overseas empire in the New World, led by Christopher Columbus under Isabella's