Isabella the Catholic

Isabella the Catholic
noun
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)
Syn: ↑Isabella, ↑Queen Isabella, ↑Isabella I
Instance Hypernyms: ↑queen, ↑queen regnant, ↑female monarch

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