English noun: Isabella | |||
1. | Isabella (person) 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) | ||
Synonyms | Isabella I, Isabella the Catholic, Queen Isabella | ||
Instance hypernym | female monarch, queen, queen regnant | ||