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A detail of the painting Our Lady of the Fly, attributed to Gerard David and/or someone of the circle of Jan Mabuse
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| Name | Isabella I | | Queen of Castile and León | | Reign | 11 December 1474 - 26 November 1504 | | Coronation | 13 December 1474
Segovia, Spain | | Predecessor | Henry IV | | Successor | Joanna and Philip I | | Regent | Ferdinand V | | Queen consort of Aragon, Majorca, Naples, and Valencia | | Reign | 20 January 1479 - 26 November 1504 | | Spouse | Ferdinand II of Aragon | Isabella, Queen of Portugal
John, Prince of Asturias
Joanna of Castile
Maria, Queen of Portugal
Catherine, Queen of England | | House | House of Trastámara | | Father | John II of Castile | | Mother | Isabella of Portugal | | Date of birth | 22 April 1451 | | Place of birth | Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Spain | | Date of death | 26 November 1504(age 53) | | Place of death | Medina del Campo, Spain | | Place of burial | Capilla Real, Granada, Spain | | Religion | Roman Catholic |
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Isabella I ( , ) (22 April 1451 � 26 November 1504) was Queen of Castile and León. She and her husband Ferdinand II of Aragon brought stability to both kingdoms that became the basis for the unification of Spain. Later the two laid the foundations for the political unification of Spain under their grandson, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Isabel's reign is often viewed as a joint reign with that of her husband, Ferdinand. However, Isabel made great reforms in her kingdom of Castile and did many of them without the assistance of her husband. In fact, according to the terms set forth under the marriage contract of 1469 as well as the Segovia concordat of 1475, Isabel was the sole legitimate ruler of Castile. After a struggle to claim her right to the throne, she reorganized the governmental system, brought the crime rate to the lowest it had been in years, and pulled the kingdom out of the enormous debt her brother had left behind. Her reforms and those she made with her husband had an influence that extended well beyond the borders of their united kingdoms.
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