(April 22, 1451-November 26, 1504)
Also known as 'Isabella of Castile and Aragon,' 'Isabella the Catholic' and 'Isabel la Catolica'
Wife of King Ferdinad
Imposed the 'Spanish Inquisition' with Ferdinad
Financed Christopher Columbus' exploration campaigns

She drove the Jews and Muslims out of her country during the 'Spanish Inquisition' in hopes of establishing a pure Catholic state.
Her Spanish colonization of every blank spot in the New World spread the Spanish Empire too far apart and left them weakened and over-extended.

She sponsored Christopher Columbus, which lead to the discovery of the New World.
She took an interest in Native Americans, and when they were brought back to Spain as slaves, she insisted they be put back into their homeland and set free.
She had just as much power as her husband Ferdinad.
She taught all of her children herself.

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