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Noun: Isabella  ,i-zu'be-lu
  1. The queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504)
    - Isabella I of Castile, Queen Isabella, Isabella I, Isabella the Catholic

Type of: female monarch, queen, queen regnant

Encyclopedia: Isabella, Patrick