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Definition of Isabella I
1. 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).
Generic synonyms: Female Monarch, Queen, Queen Regnant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Isabella I
Literary usage of Isabella I
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, of Spain by William Hickling Prescott (1854)
"340; relieved by the Duke de Nemours, 342 Bobadilla, Doña Beatriz Fernandez de,
the intimate friend of Isabella, i. 107, »•• ; the wife of Andres de Cabrera ..."
2. Leonardo Da Vinci by Adolf Rosenberg (1903)
"... OK Isabella I/ESTE. Frum a Cartoon in the Louvre at Paris. (After a Photograph
from the original by Braun, ..."
3. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1849)
"Don't cry, Isabella. I don't like to see people cry. ... You see, Isabella, I am
always so frightened that people mightn't love one, when one's tied to them ..."
4. The family Shakespeare [expurgated by T. Bowdler]. in which those words are by William Shakespeare (1853)
"Many that are not mad, Isabella. I am the sister of one Claudio, Condemn'd upon
the law of ... Isabella. I went To this pernicious caitiff deputy. Duke. ..."
5. History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, of Spain by William Hickling Prescott (1854)
"340; relieved by the Duke de Nemours, 342 Bobadilla, Doña Beatriz Fernandez de,
the intimate friend of Isabella, i. 107, »•• ; the wife of Andres de Cabrera ..."
6. Leonardo Da Vinci by Adolf Rosenberg (1903)
"... OK Isabella I/ESTE. Frum a Cartoon in the Louvre at Paris. (After a Photograph
from the original by Braun, ..."
7. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1849)
"Don't cry, Isabella. I don't like to see people cry. ... You see, Isabella, I am
always so frightened that people mightn't love one, when one's tied to them ..."
8. The family Shakespeare [expurgated by T. Bowdler]. in which those words are by William Shakespeare (1853)
"Many that are not mad, Isabella. I am the sister of one Claudio, Condemn'd upon
the law of ... Isabella. I went To this pernicious caitiff deputy. Duke. ..."
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