Isabella I (Spanish:Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504),[2] also calledIsabella the Catholic (Spanish:Isabel la Católica), wasQueen of Castile andLeón from 1474 until her death in 1504. She was alsoQueen of Aragon from 1479 until her death as the wife of KingFerdinand II. Reigning together over adynastically unifiedSpain, Isabella and Ferdinand are known as theCatholic Monarchs.[3] Her reign marked the end ofReconquista and also the start ofSpanish Empire and dominance of Spain over European Politics for the next century.
After a struggle to claim the throne, Isabella reorganized the governmental system, brought the crime rate down, and unburdened the kingdom of the debt which her half-brother KingHenry IV had left behind. Isabella's marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 created the basis of thede facto unification of Spain. Her reforms and those she made with her husband had an influence that extended well beyond the borders of their united kingdoms.[4]
Isabella was born inMadrigal de las Altas Torres to KingJohn II of Castile and his second wife,Isabella of Portugal, on 22 April 1451.[6] At the time of Isabella's birth, she was second in line to the throne after her older half-brotherHenry.[5] Henry was 26 at that time and married, but childless. Isabella's younger brotherAlfonso was born two years later on 17 November 1453, demoting her position to third in line.[7] When her father died in 1454, her half-brother ascended to the throne as King Henry IV. Isabella and her brother Alfonso were left in King Henry's care.[8] Isabella, Alfonso, and their mother then moved toArévalo.[5][9]
These were times of turmoil for Isabella. The living conditions at the castle in Arévalo were poor, and they suffered from a shortage of money. Although her father arranged in his will for his children to be financially well taken care of, Henry did not comply with their father's wishes, either from a desire to keep his half-siblings restricted or from ineptitude.[8] Even though her living conditions were difficult, Isabella was instructed in lessons of practical piety and in a deep reverence for religion under the supervision of her mother.[9]
When the king's wife,Joan of Portugal, was about to give birth to their daughterJoanna, Isabella and Alfonso were summoned to court inSegovia to come under the direct supervision of the king and to finish their education.[5] Alfonso was placed in the care of a tutor while Isabella became part of the queen's household.[10]
Isabella in theRimado de la Conquista de Granada, from 1482, by Pedro Marcuello
Some of Isabella's living conditions improved inSegovia. She always had food and clothing and lived in acastle that was adorned with gold and silver. Isabella's basic education consisted of reading, spelling, writing, grammar, history, arithmetic, art,chess, dancing, embroidery, music, and religious instruction. She and herladies-in-waiting entertained themselves with art, embroidery, and music. She lived a relaxed lifestyle, but she rarely left Segovia since King Henry forbade this. Her half-brother was keeping her from the political turmoil going on in the kingdom, though Isabella had full knowledge of what was going on and of her role in the feuds.[11][better source needed]
After a rumor spread that Joanna was not actually the daughter of King Henry but rather of a royal favorite,Beltrán de la Cueva, noblemen confronted King Henry and demanded that the king's younger half-brother Alfonso be named his successor. They even went so far as to ask Alfonso to seize the throne. The nobles, now in control of Alfonso and claiming that he was the true heir, clashed with King Henry's forces at theSecond Battle of Olmedo in 1467. The battle was a draw. Henry agreed to recognize Alfonso as hisheir presumptive, provided that he would marry his daughter, Princess Joanna.[5][12] Soon after he was namedPrince of Asturias, he died at the age of fourteen in July 1468. The nobles who had supported him suspected poisoning. As she had been named in her brother's will as his successor, the nobles asked Isabella to take his place as champion of the rebellion.[5] However, support for the rebels had begun to wane, and Isabella preferred a negotiated settlement to continuing the war.[13] She met with Henry atToros de Guisando and they reached a compromise: the war would stop, Henry would name Isabella his heir presumptive instead of his daughter Joanna, and Isabella would not marry without her half-brother's consent, but he would not be able to force her to marry against her will.[5][14] Isabella's side came out with most of what the nobles desired, though they did not go so far as to officially depose King Henry; they were not powerful enough to do so, and Isabella did not want to jeopardize the principle of fair inherited succession, since it was upon this idea that she had based her argument for legitimacy as heir-presumptive.
The question of Isabella's marriage was not a new one. She had, at the age of six, a betrothal toFerdinand, the younger son ofJohn II of Navarre (whose family was acadet branch of theHouse of Trastámara). At that time, the two kings, Henry and John, were eager to show their mutual love and confidence and they believed that this alliance would make their eternal friendship obvious to the world.[15] This arrangement, however, did not last long.
The wedding portrait of Ferdinand and Isabella,c. 1469
Ferdinand's uncleAlfonso V of Aragon died in 1458. All of Alfonso's Spanish territories, as well as the islands ofSicily andSardinia, were left to his brother John II. John now had a stronger position than ever before and no longer needed the security of Henry's friendship. Henry was now in need of a new alliance. He saw the chance for this much-needed new friendship inCharles of Viana, John's elder son.[16] Charles was constantly at odds with his father, and because of this, he secretly entered into an alliance with Henry IV of Castile. A major part of the alliance was that a marriage was to be arranged between Charles and Isabella. When John II learned of this arranged marriage, he was outraged. Isabella had been intended for his favorite younger son, Ferdinand, and in his eyes, this alliance was still valid. John II had his son Charles thrown in prison on charges of plotting against his father's life. Charles died in 1461.[17]
In 1465, an attempt was made to marry Isabella toAfonso V of Portugal, Henry's brother-in-law.[5] Through the medium of the queen and Count of Ledesma, a Portuguese alliance was made.[18] Isabella, however, was wary of the marriage and refused to consent.[19]
A civil war broke out in Castile over King Henry's inability to act as sovereign. Henry now needed a quick way to please the rebels of the kingdom. As part of an agreement to restore peace, Isabella was then to be betrothed toPedro Girón Acuña Pacheco, Master of theOrder of Calatrava and brother to the king's favorite,Juan Pacheco.[18] In return, Don Pedro would pay into the royal treasury an enormous sum of money. Seeing no alternative, Henry agreed to the marriage. Isabella was aghast and prayed to God that the marriage would not come to pass. Her prayers were answered when Don Pedro suddenly fell ill and died while on his way to meet his fiancée.[18][20]
When Henry had recognized Isabella as his heir-presumptive on 19 September 1468, he had also promised that his half-sister should not be compelled to marry against her will, while she in return had agreed to obtain his consent.[5][14] It seemed that the years of failed attempts at political marriages were finally over. There was talk of a marriage toEdward IV of England or to one of his brothers, probablyRichard, Duke of Gloucester,[21] but this alliance was never seriously considered.[14] Once again in 1468, a marriage proposal arrived from Afonso V of Portugal. Going against his promises made in September 1468, Henry tried to make the marriage a reality. If Isabella married Afonso, Henry's daughter Joanna would marry Afonso's sonJohn II and thus, after the death of the old king, John and Joanna could inherit Portugal and Castile.[22] Isabella refused and made a secret promise to marry her cousin and very first betrothed, Ferdinand of Aragon.[5]
Ferdinand and Isabella
After this failed attempt, Henry once again went against his promises and tried to marry Isabella toLouis XI's brotherCharles, Duke of Berry.[23] In Henry's eyes, this alliance would cement the friendship of Castile and France as well as remove Isabella from Castilian affairs. However, Isabella once again refused the proposal. Meanwhile, John II of Aragon negotiated in secret with Isabella a wedding to his son Ferdinand.[24] After her marriage to Ferdinand, several anonymous journal entries claim the queen was unfaithful and plotted against the king.
On 18 October 1469, the formal betrothal took place.[25] Because Isabella and Ferdinand were second cousins, they stood within the prohibited degrees ofconsanguinity and the marriage would not be legal unless a dispensation from the Pope was obtained.[26] With the help of the Valencian Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia (laterPope Alexander VI), Isabella and Ferdinand were presented with a supposed papal bull byPope Pius II (who had actually died in 1464), authorizing Ferdinand to marry within the third degree of consanguinity, making their marriage legal.[25] Afraid of opposition, Isabella eloped from the court of Henry with the excuse of visiting her brother Alfonso's tomb inÁvila. Ferdinand, on the other hand, crossed Castile in secret disguised as a servant.[5] They married immediately upon reuniting on 19 October 1469 in thePalacio de los Vivero in the city ofValladolid.[27]
On 12 December 1474, news of King Henry IV's death inMadrid (which had happened on 11 December[28][better source needed]) reachedSegovia. This prompted Isabella to take refuge within the walls of theAlcázar of Segovia, where she received the support of Andres de Cabrera and Segovia's council. The next day, Isabella was proclaimed Queen of Castile and León.
Isabella's reign got off to a rocky start. King Henry IV had named Isabella as his successor, so when she ascended to the throne in 1474, there were already several plots against her.Diego Pacheco, the Marquis of Villena, and his followers maintained thatJoanna la Beltraneja, Henry's daughter, was the rightful queen.[29] Shortly after the Marquis made his claim, theArchbishop of Toledo—his great-uncle and a longtime supporter of Isabella—left court to plot with him. They made plans to have Joanna marry her uncle KingAfonso V of Portugal and invade Castile to claim the throne for themselves.[30]
Western Europe in 1470
In May 1475, King Afonso and his army crossed into Spain and advanced toPlasencia. Here he married the young Joanna.[31] A long and bloody war for the Castilian succession then took place. The war went back and forth for almost a year, until theBattle of Toro on 1 March 1476, in which both sides claimed[32][33] and celebrated[33][34] victory: the troops of King Afonso V were beaten[35][36] by the Castilian centre-left commanded by the Duke of Alba andCardinal Mendoza while the forces led by John of Portugal defeated[37][38][39][40] the Castilian right wing and remained in possession[41][42] of the battlefield.
But despite its uncertain[43][44] outcome, theBattle of Toro represented a great political victory[45][46][47][48] for theCatholic Monarchs, assuring them the throne since the supporters of Joanna la Beltraneja disbanded and the Portuguese army, without allies, left Castile.As summarized by the historianJusto L. González:
Both armies faced each other at the camps of Toro resulting in an indecisive battle. But while the Portuguese King reorganized his troops, Ferdinand sent news to all the cities of Castile and to several foreign kingdoms informing them about a huge victory where the Portuguese were crushed. Faced with these news, the party of "la Beltraneja"[Joanna] was dissolved and the Portuguese were forced to return to their kingdom.[49]
With great political vision, Isabella took advantage of the moment and convoked courts at Madrigal-Segovia (April–October 1476)[50] where her eldest child and daughterIsabella was first sworn as heiress to Castile's crown. That was equivalent to legitimizing Isabella's own throne.
In August of the same year, Isabella proved her abilities as a powerful ruler on her own. A rebellion broke out in Segovia, and Isabella rode out to suppress it, as her husband Ferdinand was off fighting at the time. Going against the advice of her male advisors, Isabella rode by herself into the city to negotiate with the rebels. She was successful and the rebellion was quickly brought to an end.[51] Two years later, Isabella further secured her place as ruler with the birth of her sonJohn, Prince of Asturias, on 30 June 1478. To many, the presence of a male heir legitimized her place as ruler.
Meanwhile, the Castilian and Portuguese fleets fought for hegemony in the Atlantic Ocean and for the wealth of Guinea (gold and slaves), where the decisive navalBattle of Guinea was fought.[52][53]
The war dragged on for another three years[54] and ended with a Castilian victory on land[55] and a Portuguese victory on the sea.[55] The four separate peace treaties signed atAlcáçovas (4 September 1479) reflected that result: Portugal gave up the throne of Castile in favor of Isabella in exchange for a very favorable share of the Atlantic territories disputed with Castile (they all went to Portugal with the exception of theCanary Islands:[56][57]Guinea with its mines of gold,Cape Verde,Madeira,Azores, and the right of conquest over theKingdom of Fez[58][59]) plus a large war compensation: 106.676 dobles of gold.[60] The Catholic Monarchs also had to accept that Joanna la Beltraneja remain in Portugal instead of Spain[60] and to pardon all rebellious subjects who had supported Joanna and King Afonso.[61] And the Catholic Monarchs – who had proclaimed themselves rulers of Portugal and donated lands to noblemen inside this country[62] – had to give up the Portuguese crown.
At Alcáçovas, Isabella and Ferdinand had secured the throne, but the Portuguese exclusive right of navigation and commerce in all of the Atlantic Ocean south of the Canary Islands meant that Spain was practically blocked out of the Atlantic and was deprived of the gold of Guinea, which induced anger inAndalusia.[52] Spanish academic Antonio Rumeu de Armas claims that with the peace treaty of Alcáçovas in 1479, the Catholic Monarchs "... buy the peace at an excessively expensive price ..."[63] and historian Mª Monserrat León Guerrero added that they "... find themselves forced to abandon their expansion by the Atlantic ...".[64]
Christopher Columbus freed Castile from this difficult situation, because hisNew World discovery led to a new and much more balanced sharing of the Atlantic atTordesillas in 1494. As the orders received by Columbus in his first voyage (1492) show: "[the Catholic Monarchs] have always in mind that the limits signed in the share of Alcáçovas should not be overcome, and thus they insist with Columbus to sail along the parallel of Canary."[64] Thus, by sponsoring the Columbian adventure to the west, the Spanish monarchs were trying the only remaining path of expansion. Now that she had succeeded in securing her place on the Castilian throne, she could begin to institute the reforms that she planned for the kingdom.
On 13 December 1474, inSegovia's main square, Isabella pledged to uphold the Church's commandments, protect the integrity of Castile, and respect the rights of the nobility and towns. She was then formally proclaimed queen of Castile by the assembly.[65]
When Isabella came to the throne in 1474, Castile was in a state of despair due to her brother Henry's reign. It was known that Henry IV was a big spender and did little to enforce the laws of his kingdom. It was even said by one Castilian denizen of the time that murder, rape, and robbery happened without punishment.[66] Because of this, Isabella needed desperately to find a way to reform her kingdom. Due to the measures she imposed, historians during her lifetime saw her to be more inclined to justice than to mercy, and indeed far more rigorous and unforgiving than her husband Ferdinand.[67]
Isabella's first major reform came during the cortes of Madrigal in 1476 in the form of a police force, La Santa Hermandad (the Holy Brotherhood). Although 1476 was not the first time that Castile had seen the Hermandad, it was the first time that the police force was used by the crown.[68] During the late medieval period, the expressionhermandad had been used to describe groups of men who came together of their own accord to regulate law and order by patrolling the roads and countryside and punishing malefactors.[69] These brotherhoods had usually been suppressed by the monarch, however.Furthermore, before 1476, the justice system in most parts of the country was effectively under the control of dissident members of the nobility rather than royal officials.[70] To fix this problem, during 1476, a general Hermandad was established for Castile,Leon, andAsturias. The police force was to be made up of locals who were to regulate the crime occurring in the kingdom. It was to be paid for by a tax of 1800maravedís on every one hundred households.[71] In 1477, Isabella visitedExtremadura and Andalusia to introduce this more efficient police force there as well.[72]
Keeping with her reformation of the regulation of laws, in 1481 Isabella charged two officials with restoring peace inGalicia. This turbulent province had been the prey of tyrant nobles since the days of Isabella's father, John II.[73] Robbers had infested the highways and oppressed the smaller towns and villages. The officials Isabella charged set off with the Herculean task of restoring peace for the province and were ultimately successful. Indeed, they drove over 1,500 robbers from Galicia.[74]
From the very beginning of her reign, Isabella fully grasped the importance of restoring the Crown's finances. The reign of Henry IV had left the Kingdom of Castile in great debt. Upon examination, it was found that the chief cause of the nation's poverty was the wholesale alienation of royal estates during Henry's reign.[75] To make money, Henry had sold off royal estates at prices well below their value. The Cortes of Toledo of 1480 came to the conclusion that the only hope of lasting financial reform lay in a resumption of these alienated lands and rents. This decision was warmly approved by many leading nobles of the court, but Isabella was reluctant to take such drastic measures. It was decided that the Archbishop of Toledo would hold an enquiry into the tenure of estates and rents acquired during Henry IV's reign. Those that had not been granted as a reward for services were to be restored without compensation, while those that had been sold at a price far below their real value were to be bought back at the same sum. While many of the nobility were forced to pay large sums of money for their estates, the royal treasury became even richer. Isabella's one stipulation was that there would be no revocation of gifts made to churches, hospitals, or the poor.[76]
Another issue of money was the overproduction of coinage and the abundance of mints in the kingdom. During Henry's reign, the number of mints regularly producing money had increased from just five to 150.[75] Much of the coinage produced in these mints was nearly worthless. During the first year of her reign, Isabella established a monopoly over the royal mints and fixed a legal standard to which the coinage had to approximate[citation needed]. By shutting down many of the mints and taking royal control over the production of money, Isabella restored the confidence of the public in the Crown's ability to handle the kingdom's finances.
Both Isabella and Ferdinand established very few new governmental and administrative institutions in their respective kingdoms. Especially in Castile, their main achievement was to use more effectively the institutions that had existed during the reigns of John II and Henry IV.[77] Historically, the center of the Castilian government had been the royal household, together with its surrounding court. The household was traditionally divided into two overlapping bodies. The first body was made up of household officials, mainly people of the nobility, who carried out governmental and political functions for which they received special payment. The second body was made up of some 200 permanent servants orcontinos who performed a wide range of confidential functions on behalf of the rulers.[78] By the 1470s, when Isabella began to take a firm grip on the royal administration, the senior offices of the royal household were simply honorary titles and held strictly by the nobility. The positions of a more secretarial nature were often held by senior churchmen. Substantial revenues were attached to such offices and were therefore enjoyed greatly, on an effectively hereditary basis, by the great Castilian houses of nobility. While the nobles held the titles, individuals of lesser breeding did the real work.[79]
Ferdinand and Isabella with their subjects
Traditionally, the main advisory body to the rulers of Castile was theRoyal Council. The council, under the monarch, had full power to resolve all legal and political disputes. The council was responsible for supervising all senior administrative officials, such as the Crown representatives in all of the major towns. It was also the supreme judicial tribunal of the kingdom.[80] In 1480, during the Cortes of Toledo, Isabella made many reforms to the Royal Council. Previously there had been two distinct yet overlapping categories of royal councillor. One formed a group which possessed both judicial and administrative responsibilities. This portion consisted of some bishops, some nobles, and an increasingly important element of professional administrators with legal training known asletrados. The second category of traditional councillor had a less formal role. This role depended greatly on the individuals' political influence and personal influence with the monarch. During Isabella's reign, the role of this second category was completely eliminated.[81] As mentioned previously, Isabella had little care for personal bribes or favors. Because of this, this second type of councillor, usually of the nobility, was only allowed to attend the council of Castile as an observer.
Isabella began to rely more on the professional administrators than ever before. These men were mostly of thebourgeoisie or lesser nobility. The council was also rearranged and it was officially settled that one bishop, threecaballeros, and eight or nine lawyers would serve on the council at a time. While the nobles were no longer directly involved in the matters of state, they were welcome to attend the meetings. Isabella hoped that forcing the nobility to choose whether to participate or not would weed out those who were not dedicated to the state and its cause.[82]
Isabella also saw the need to provide a personal relationship between herself as the monarch and her subjects. Therefore, Isabella and Ferdinand set aside a time every Friday during which they themselves would sit and allow people to come to them with complaints. This was a new form of personal justice that Castile had not seen before. The Council of State was reformed and presided over by the king and queen. This department of public affairs dealt mainly with foreign negotiations, hearing embassies, and transacting business with the Court of Rome. In addition to these departments, there was also a Supreme Court of the Santa Hermandad, a Council of Finance, and a Council for settling purely Aragonese matters.[83] Although Isabella made many reforms that seem to have made the Cortes stronger, in actuality the Cortes lost political power during the reigns of Isabella and Ferdinand. Isabella and her husband moved in the direction of a non-parliamentary government and the Cortes became an almost passive advisory body, giving automatic assent to legislation which had been drafted by the royal administration.[84]
After the reforms of the Cortes of Toledo, the queen ordered a noted jurist,Alfonso Diaz de Montalvo, to undertake the task of clearing away legal rubbish and compiling what remained into a comprehensive code. Within four years the work stood completed in eight bulky volumes and the Ordenanzas Reales took their place on legal bookshelves.[85]
At the end of theReconquista, onlyGranada was left for Isabella and Ferdinand to conquer. TheEmirate of Granada had been held by the MuslimNasrid dynasty since the mid-13th century.[86] Protected by natural barriers and fortified towns, it had withstood the long process of the Reconquista. On 1 February 1482, the king and queen reachedMedina del Campo and this is generally considered the beginning of theGranada War. While Isabella's and Ferdinand's involvement in the war was apparent from the start, Granada's leadership was divided and never able to present a united front.[87] It still took ten years to conquer Granada, however, culminating in 1492.
The Spanish monarchs recruited soldiers from many European countries and improved their artillery with the latest and best cannon.[88] Systematically, they proceeded to take the kingdom piece by piece. In 1485 they laid siege toRonda, which surrendered after only a fortnight due to extensive bombardment.[89] The following year,Loja was taken, and againMuhammad XII was captured and released. One year later, with thefall ofMálaga, the western part of the Muslim Nasrid kingdom had fallen into Spanish hands. The eastern province succumbed after the fall ofBaza in 1489. The siege of Granada began in the spring of 1491 and Muhammad XII finally surrendered at the end of the year. On 2 January 1492, Isabella and Ferdinand entered Granada to receive the keys of the city and the principal mosque was consecrated as a church.[90] TheTreaty of Granada was signed later that year; in it, Ferdinand and Isabella gave their word to allow the Muslims and Jews of Granada to live in peace.
During the war, Isabella noted the abilities and energy ofGonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and made him one of the two commissioners for the negotiations. Under her patronage, De Córdoba went on to an extraordinary military career that revolutionized the organization and tactics of the emerging Spanish military, changing the nature of warfare and altering the European balance of power.
The return of Christopher Columbus; his audience before King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
Just three months after entering Granada, Queen Isabella agreed to sponsorChristopher Columbus on an expedition to reach theEast Indies by sailing west (for a distance of 2,000 miles, according to Columbus).[91] The crown agreed to pay a sum of money as a concession from monarch to subject.[92]
Columbus's expedition departed on 3 August 1492, and arrived in theNew World on 12 October.[92] He returned the next year and presented his findings to the monarchs, bringing natives and gold under a hero's welcome. Although Columbus was sponsored by the Castilian queen, treasury accounts show no royal payments to him until 1493, after his first voyage was complete.[93] Spain then entered aGolden Age ofexploration andcolonization—the period of theSpanish Empire. In 1494, by theTreaty of Tordesillas, Isabella and Ferdinand agreed to divide the Earth, outside of Europe, with KingJohn II ofPortugal. The Portuguese did not recognize that South America belonged to the Spanish because it was in Portugal's sphere of influence, and King John II threatened to send an army to claim the land for the Portuguese.
Beyond her support for Columbus, Queen Isabella also played a pivotal role in shaping the Spanish linguistic legacy in the New World. In 1492, she endorsed the first grammar of the Castilian language titledGramática de la lengua castellana, written by Elio Antonio de Nebrija, the father of Spanish grammar. This grammar was intended to spread the Spanish language across the newly discovered lands, aligning with Spain's imperial ambitions, as Nebrija himself declared it would teach the language to the inhabitants of these territories.[94]
Isabella was not in favor of enslaving theAmerican natives. She established the royal position on how the indigenous people should be treated by following the recent policies implemented in theCanary Islands (which had a small number of native inhabitants), which stated that all peoples were subjects of theCrown of Castile, and could not be enslaved in most situations. She was annoyed by the enslavement of the natives by Columbus, and established a royal position on how the indigenous shall be treated.[95] There were some circumstances in which a person could be enslaved, including being aprisoner of war, or for practisingcannibalism orsodomy.[96]
To prevent her efforts from being reversed in the future, Isabella instructed her descendants in herlast will as follows: "do not give rise to or allow the Indians [indigenous Americans] to receive any wrong in their persons and property, but rather that they be treated well and fairly, and if they have received any wrong, remedy it."[99][100][101]
With the institution of the Catholic Inquisition in Spain, and with theDominican friarTomás de Torquemada as the firstInquisitor General, the Catholic Monarchs pursued a policy of religious and national unity. Though Isabella opposed taking harsh measures against Jews on economic grounds, Torquemada was able to convince Ferdinand.[citation needed] On 31 March 1492, theAlhambra decree for the expulsion of the Jews was issued.[102] The Jews had until the end of July (four months) to leave the country and they were not to take with them gold, silver, money, arms, or horses.[102] Traditionally, it had been claimed that as many as 200,000 Jews left Spain, but recent historians have shown that such figures are exaggerated:Henry Kamen has shown that out of a total population of 80,000 Jews, a maximum of 40,000 left and the rest converted.[103] Hundreds of those that remained came under the Inquisition's investigations into relapsedconversos (Marranos) and the Judaizers who had been abetting them.[104]
Isabella was given the title ofCatholic Monarch byPope Alexander VI, of whose behavior and involvement in matters Isabella did not approve.[citation needed] Along with the physical unification of Spain, Isabella and Ferdinand embarked on a process of spiritual unification, trying to bring the country under one faith (Catholicism). As part of this process, the Inquisition became institutionalized. After a Muslim uprising in 1499, and further troubles thereafter, theTreaty of Granada was broken in 1502, and Muslims were ordered to either become Christians or to leave. Isabella's confessor,Cisneros, was named Archbishop ofToledo.[105] He was instrumental in a program of rehabilitation of the religious institutions of Spain, laying the groundwork for the laterCounter-Reformation. As Chancellor, he exerted more and more power.
Isabella and her husband had createdan empire and in later years were consumed with administration and politics; they were concerned with the succession and worked to link the Spanish crown to the other rulers in Europe. By early 1497, all the pieces seemed to be in place: The son and heirJohn, Prince of Asturias, married a Habsburg princess,Margaret of Austria, establishing the connection to theHouse of Habsburg. The eldest daughter,Isabella of Aragon, married KingManuel I of Portugal, and the younger daughter,Joanna of Castile, was married to Margaret of Austria's brother,Philip of Austria. In 1500, Isabella granted all non-rebellious natives in the colonies citizenship and full legal freedom by decree.[106]
However, Isabella's plans for her eldest two children did not work out. Her only son, John of Asturias, died shortly after his marriage. Her daughter, Isabella of Aragon, died during the birth of her son,Miguel da Paz, who died shortly after, at the age of two. Queen Isabella I's crowns passed to her third child, Joanna, and her son-in-law, Philip I.[107]
Isabella did, however, make successful dynastic matches for her two youngest daughters. The death of Isabella of Aragon created a necessity for Manuel I of Portugal to remarry, and Isabella's third daughter,Maria of Aragon and Castile, became his next bride. Isabella's youngest daughter,Catherine of Aragon, married England'sArthur, Prince of Wales, but his early death resulted in her being married to his younger brother, KingHenry VIII of England.
Isabella cultivated a court consisting of important women known by their contemporaries as "puellae doctae" (learned girls).[108] Queen Isabella of Castile madeCatalina de Medrano y Bravo de Lagunas her lady-in-waiting in 1497 and shortly after became the patron and protector of the first female professor in Europe,Luisa de Medrano.[109] Luisa de Medrano's intellectual abilities and solid formation caught the attention of the Queen and enabled her to teach Latin at theUniversity of Salamanca. She received the chair left byAntonio de Nebrija (Antonio Martínez de Cala) in 1508 (Poetry and Grammar), although it is not known how long she maintained the post.[110] Under the protection of Queen Isabel I, Luisa de Medrano learned history, culture andhumanist philosophy alongside children of the royal family. Luisa de Medrano not only received a privileged and nurtured education with the royal daughters,Isabel andJuana, she undoubtedly benefited from living in the climate of tolerance and advancement for women that Isabel I actively cultivated in her court, and which disappeared after her death.[111]
Isabella officially withdrew from governmental affairs on 14 September 1504 and she died that same year on 26 November at theMedina del Campo Royal Palace. She had already been in decline since the deaths of her son Prince John of Asturias in 1497, her mother Isabella of Portugal in 1496, and her daughter Princess Isabella of Asturias in 1498.[112] She is entombed inGranada in theCapilla Real (built by her grandson,Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor), alongside her husband Ferdinand, her daughter Joanna, and other relatives.[5] She requested that the body of her daughter Isabella be moved to rest by her side inGranada, but this was never done. The museum next to the Capilla Real holds hercrown andsceptre.
Isabella was short but of strong stocky build, of a very fair complexion, and had ahair color that was between strawberry-blonde andauburn. Other descriptions, however, describe her hair as golden (blonde), and period illuminations show her several times with golden or strawberry-blond hair.Some portraits show her as a brunette.[5] This is due to the fact that many old portraits from the 15th and 16th centuries are victims of a phenomenon that causes hair pigments to go dark brown.[citation needed] However, the statue of her in Granada Cathedral, by Burgundian sculptor Philippe de Vigarny (born in Langres, in what is now France), also shows her as a dark-haired brunette. Her daughters Joanna and Catherine were thought to resemble her the most in looks - both are similarly described in contemporary sources as having auburn hair, but surviving paintings often show them as brunettes due to the same pigmentation problem.
Isabella maintained an austere, temperate lifestyle, and her religious spirit influenced her the most in life. In spite of her hostility towards the Muslims inAndalusia, Isabella developed a taste for Moorish decor and style.
Isabella's contemporaries described her as follows:
Andrés Bernáldez [es]: She was "very powerful, very prudent, wise, very honest, chaste, devout, discreet, truthful, clear, without deceit. Who could count the excellences of this very Catholic and happy Queen, always very worthy of praises."[115][116]
Hernando del Pulgar: "She was very inclined to justice, so much so that she was reputed to follow more the path of rigor than that of mercy, and did so to remedy the great corruption of crimes that she found in the kingdom when she succeeded to the throne."[117]
Lucio Marineo Sículo [es]: "[The royal knightÁlvaro Yáñez de Lugo] was condemned to be beheaded, although he offered forty thousandducados for the war against the Moors to the court so that these monies spare his life. This matter was discussed with the queen, and there were some who told her to pardon him, since these funds for the war were better than the death of that man, and her highness should take them. But the queen, preferring justice to cash, very prudently refused them; and although she could have confiscated all his goods, which were many, she did not take any of them to avoid any note of greed, or that it be thought that she had not wished to pardon him in order to have his goods; instead, she gave them all to the children of the aforesaid knight."[118]
Ferdinand, in his testament, declared that "she was exemplary in all acts of virtue and of fear of God."
26 November 1504(1504-11-26) (aged 53) Medina del Campo, Valladolid, Castile
In 1958, José García Goldaraz, theBishop of Valladolid where she died in 1504, opened a sainthood cause for Isabella. Three-and-a-half thousand documents were chosen to be included in 27 volumes for the purpose of explicating her life.
In 1970, that commission determined that:
A Canonical process for the canonization of Isabella the Catholic could be undertaken with a sense of security since there was not found one single act, public or private, of Queen Isabella that was not inspired by Christian and evangelical criteria; moreover there was a 'reputation of sanctity' uninterrupted for five centuries and as the investigation was progressing, it was more accentuated."
However, her sainthood cause was stopped in 1991 byPope John Paul II, one year before the commemoration of the fifth centenary of the discovery of the New World, due to her expulsion of the Jews. Some authors have claimed that Isabella's reputation for sanctity derives in large measure from an image carefully shaped and disseminated by the queen herself.[128]
AsPrincess of Asturias, Isabella bore theundifferenced royal arms of the Crown of Castile and added theSaint John the Evangelist's Eagle, aneagle displayed as singlesupporter.[130][131] As queen, shequartered the Royal Arms of the Crown of Castile with the Royal Arms of the Crown of Aragon, she and Ferdinand II of Aragon adopted ayoke and a bundle of arrows asheraldic badges. As co-monarchs, Isabella and Ferdinand used the motto "Tanto Monta" ("They amount to the same", or "Equal opposites in balance"), which refers to theirprenuptial agreement. The conquest ofGranada in 1492 was symbolized by the addition enté en point of a quarter[clarification needed] with a pomegranate for Granada (in Spanish,Granada means pomegranate).[132] There was an uncommon variant with the Saint John the Evangelist's eagle and two lions adopted as Castilian royal supporters byJohn II, Isabella's father.[133]
Coat of arms as Princess of Asturias (1468–1474)
Coat of arms as queen (1474–1492)
Coat of arms as queen (1492–1504)
Coat of arms as queen with Castilian royal supporters (1492–1504)
Coat of arms of Isabella I of Castile depicted in the manuscript from 1495Breviary of Isabella the Catholic
Outside of Europe, Isabella is most remembered for enablingChristopher Columbus's voyage to the New World, which ushered in an era of great wealth for Spain and Europe. Her reign saw the establishment of theSpanish Empire, which in turn ultimately led to creation of most of the nations that occupy the Americas today.
Within Europe, Isabella and her husband somewhat more notorious for completing the Reconquista, driving out the most significant Muslim influence in Western Europe and firmly establishing Spain and the Iberian peninsula as staunchly Catholic. Her reign also saw the dawn of the infamousSpanish Inquisition.[5]
The award-winning Spanish television series,Isabel, covers the life of Isabella from 1472 until her death in 1504, with Isabella played byMichelle Jenner.
Isabella was the first woman to be featured on US postage stamps,[134] namely on three stamps of theColumbian Issue, also in celebration of Columbus. She appears in the 'Columbus soliciting aid of Isabella', 5-cent issue, and on the Spanish court scene replicated on the 15-cent Columbian, and on the $4 issue, in full portrait, side by side with Columbus.
5-cent US postage stamp: Columbus soliciting aid of Isabella
The $4 stamp is the only stamp of that denomination ever issued and one which collectors prize not only for its rarity (only 30,000 were printed) but its beauty, an exquisite carmine with some copies having a crimson hue. Mint specimens of this commemorative have been sold for more than $20,000.[135]
Isabella was also the first-named woman to appear on a United States coin, the 1893commemorativeIsabella quarter, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Columbus's first voyage.
^In the papal bullSi convenit [es] of 1496, Ferdinand II and Isabella I were named "King and Queen Catholics of the Spains (Rey y Reina Católicos de las Españas)".
^↓ Spanish historian Ana Carrasco Manchado:"...The battle [of Toro] was fierce and uncertain, and because of that both sides attributed themselves the victory. John, the son of Afonso of Portugal, sent letters to the Portuguese cities declaring victory. And Ferdinand of Aragon did the same. Both wanted to take advantage of the victory's propaganda." InIsabel I de Castilla y la sombra de la ilegitimidad: propaganda y representación en el conflicto sucesorio (1474–1482), 2006, pp. 195, 196.
^ab↓ Spanish historian Cesáreo Fernández Duro:"...For those who ignore the background of these circumstances it will certainly seem strange that while the Catholic Monarchs raised a temple in Toledo in honour of the victory that God granted them on that occasion, the same fact [the Battle of Toro] was festively celebrated with solemn processions on its anniversary in Portugal" inLa batalla de Toro (1476). Datos y documentos para su monografía histórica, in Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia, tome 38, Madrid, 1901, p. 250.
^↓ chroniclerGarcia de Resende (Portuguese):"... And being the battles of both sides ordered that way and prepared to attack by nearly sunshine, the King ordered the prince to attack the enemy with his and God's blessing, which he obeyed (...). (...) and after the sound of the trumpets and screaming all for S. George invested so bravely the enemy battles, and in spite of their enormous size, they could not stand the hard fight and were rapidly beaten and put on the run with great losses." InVida e feitos d'El Rei D.João II, chapter XIII.
^↓ chroniclerJuan de Mariana (Castilian):"(...) the[Castilian] horsemen (...) moved forward(...).They were received by prince D. John... which charge... they couldn't stand but instead were defeated and ran away " inHistoria General de España, tome V, book XXIV, chapter X, pp. 299–300.
^↓ chroniclerDamião de Góis (Portuguese):"(...) these Castilians who were on the right of the Castilian Royal battle, received[the charge of] the Prince's men as brave knights invoking Santiago but they couldn't resist them and began to flee, and[so] our men killed and arrested many of them, and among those who escaped some took refuge (...) in their Royal battle that was on left of these six[Castilian] divisions. " inChronica do Principe D. Joam, chapter LXXVIII.
^↓ chroniclerJuan de Mariana (Castilian):"...the enemy led by prince D. John of Portugal, who without suffering defeat, stood on a hill with his forces in good order until very late (...). Thus, both forces[Castilian and Portuguese] remained face to face for some hours; and the Portuguese kept their position during more time (...)" inHistoria General de España, tome V, book XXIV, chapter X, pp. 299–300.
^↓ chroniclerRui de Pina (Portuguese):"And being the two enemy battles face to face, the Castilian battle was deeply agitated and showing clear signs of defeat if attacked as it was without King and dubious of the outcome.(...) And without discipline and with great disorder they went to Zamora. So being the Prince alone on the field without suffering defeat but inflicting it on the adversary he became heir and master of his own victory" inChronica de El- rei D.Affonso V... 3rd book, chapter CXCI.
^↓ French historian Jean Dumont inLa "imcomparable" Isabel la Catolica/ The incomparable Isabel the Catholic, Encuentro Ediciones, printed by Rogar-Fuenlabrada, Madrid, 1993 (Spanish edition), p. 49:"...But in the left[Portuguese] Wing, in front of the Asturians and Galician, the reinforcement army of the Prince heir of Portugal, well provided with artillery, could leave the battlefield with its head high. The battle resulted this way, inconclusive. But its global result stays after that decided by the withdrawal of the Portuguese King, the surrender... of the Zamora's fortress on 19 March, and the multiple adhesions of the nobles to the young princes."
^↓ French historian Joseph-Louis Desormeaux:"... The result of the battle was very uncertain; Ferdinand defeated the enemy's right wing led by Afonso, but the Prince had the same advantage over the Castilians." InAbrégé chronologique de l'histoire de l'Éspagne, Duchesne, Paris, 1758, 3rd Tome, p. 25.
^↓ Spanish academic António M. Serrano:" From all of this it is deductible that the battle[of Toro] was inconclusive, but Isabella and Ferdinand made it fly with wings of victory. (...) Actually, since this battle transformed in victory; since 1 March 1476, Isabella and Ferdinand started to rule in the Spain's throne. (...) The inconclusive wings of the battle became the secure and powerful wings of San Juan's eagle [the commemorative temple of the Battle of Toro] ." inSan Juan de los Reyes y la batalla de Toro, revistaToletumArchived 12 March 2012 at theWayback Machine, segunda época, 1979 (9),pp. 55–70Archived 29 January 2016 at theWayback Machine. Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Históricas de Toledo, Toledo.ISSN:0210-6310Archived 30 September 2011 at theWayback Machine
^↓ A. Ballesteros Beretta:"His moment is the inconclusive Battle of Toro.(...) both sides attributed themselves the victory.... The letters written by the King[Ferdinand] to the main cities... are a model of skill. (...) what a powerful description of the battle! The nebulous transforms into light, the doubtful acquires the profile of a certain triumph. The politic[Ferdinand] achieved the fruits of a discussed victory." InFernando el Católico, el mejor rey de España,Ejército revue, nr 16, p. 56, May 1941.
^↓ Vicente Álvarez Palenzuela-La guerra civil Castellana y el enfrentamiento con Portugal (1475–1479):"That is the battle of Toro. The Portuguese army had not been exactly defeated, however, the sensation was that D. Juana's cause had completely sunk. It made sense that for the Castilians Toro was considered as the divine retribution, the compensation desired by God to compensate the terrible disaster ofAljubarrota, still alive in the Castilian memory".
^↓ Spanish academic Rafael Dominguez Casas:"...San Juan de los Reyes resulted from the royal will to build a monastery to commemorate the victory in a battle with an uncertain outcome but decisive, the one fought in Toro in 1476, which consolidated the union of the two most important Peninsular Kingdoms." InSan Juan de los reyes: espacio funerário y aposento régio inBoletín del Seminário de Estúdios de Arte y Arqueologia, number 56, p. 364, 1990.
^↓ Historian Marvin Lunenfeld: "In 1476, immediately after the indecisive battle of Peleagonzalo[near Toro], Ferdinand and Isabella hailed the result as a great victory and called a cortes at Madrigal. The newly created prestige was used to gain municipal support from their allies (...)" inThe council of the Santa Hermandad: a study of the pacification forces of Ferdinand and Isabella, University of Miami Press, 1970, p. 27.
^Prescott, William.History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, The Catholic.J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1860, pp. 184–185
^abBattle of Guinea:↓ Alonso de Palencia,Década IV, Book XXXIII, Chapter V ("Disaster among those sent to the mines of gold[Guinea]. Charges against the King..."), pp. 91–94. This was a decisive battle because after it, in spite of the Catholic Monarchs' attempts, they were unable to send new fleets to Guinea, Canary or to any part of the Portuguese empire until the end of the war. ThePerfect Prince sent an order to drown any Castilian crew captured in Guinea waters. Even the Castilian navies which left Guinea before the signature of the peace treaty had to pay the tax ("quinto") to the Portuguese crown when they returned to Castile after the peace treaty. Isabella had to ask permission of Afonso V so that this tax could be paid in Castilian harbours. Naturally all this caused a grudge against the Catholic Monarchs in Andalusia.
^↓ Historian Malyn Newitt:"However, in 1478 the Portuguese surprised thirty-five Castilian ships returning from Mina[Guinea] and seized them and all their gold. Another...Castilian voyage to Mina, that ofEustache de la Fosse, was intercepted ... in 1480. (...) All things considered, it is not surprising that the Portuguese emerged victorious from thisfirst maritime colonial war. They were far better organised than the Castilians, were able to raise money for the preparation and supply of their fleets, and had clear central direction from ...[Prince] John." InA history of Portuguese overseas expansion, 1400–1668, New York:Routledge 2005, pp. 39–40.
^Plunkett, Ierne.Isabel of Castile The Knickerbocker Press, 1915, pp. 109–110
^ab↓ Bailey W. Diffie and George D. Winius"In a war in which the Castilians were victorious on land and the Portuguese at sea, ..." inFoundations of the Portuguese empire 1415–1580, volume I, University of Minnesota Press, 1985,p. 152.
^:↓ Alonso de Palencia,Decada IV, Book XXXI, Chapters VIII and IX ("preparation of 2 fleets[to Guinea and to Canary, respectively] so that with them King Ferdinand crush its enemies[the Portuguese]...").
^↓ Alonso de Palencia,Decada IV, book XXXII, chapter III: in 1478 a Portuguese fleet intercepted the armada of 25 navies sent by Ferdinand to conquer Gran Canary – capturing 5 of its navies plus 200 Castilians – and forced it to fled hastily and definitively from Canary waters. This victory allowed Prince John to use the Canary Islands as an "exchange coin" in the peace treaty of Alcáçovas.
^↓ Pina,Chronica de El-Rei D. Affonso V, 3rd book, chapter CXCIV (Editorial error: Chapter CXCIV erroneously appears as Chapter CLXIV.Reports the end of the siege of Ceuta by the arrival of the fleet with Afonso V).
^↓ Quesada,Portugueses en la frontera de Granada, 2000, p. 98. In 1476 Ceuta was simultaneously besieged by the moors and a Castilian army led by the Duke of Medina Sidónia. The Castilians conquered the city from the Portuguese who took refuge in the inner fortress, but a Portuguese fleet arrived"in extremis" and regained the city. A Ceuta dominated by the Castilians would certainly have forced the right to conquer Fez (Morocco) to be shared between Portugal and Castile instead of the monopoly the Portuguese acquired.
^Plunkett, Ierne.Isabel of Castile. The Knickerbocker Press, 1915, p. 121
^Boruchoff, David A. "Historiography with License: Isabel, the Catholic Monarch, and the Kingdom of God."Isabel la Católica, Queen of Castile: Critical Essays. Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, pp. 242–247.
^Plunkett, Ierne.Isabel of Castile. The Knickerbocker Press, 1915, p. 125
^Edwards, John.The Spain of the Catholic Monarchs 1474–1520. Blackwell Publishers Inc, 2000, p. 42
^Edwards, John.The Spain of the Catholic Monarchs 1474–1520. Blackwell Publishers Inc, 2000, pp. 48–49
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^Prescott, William.History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, The Catholic. J.B Lippincott & C., 1860, p. 186
^Plunkett, Ierne.Isabel of Castile. The Knickerbocker Press, 1915, p. 123
^Plunkett, Ierne.Isabel of Castile. The Knickerbocker Press, 1915, p. 133
^abPlunkett, Ierne.Isabel of Castile. The Knickerbocker Press, 1915, p. 150
^http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000022770 page 5 line 20, section "ITEM por cuanto al tiempo que nos fueron concedidas por la Santa Sede Apostólica las yslas y Tierra Firme del Mar Oçéano descubiertas y por descubrir, nuestra principal intención fue al tiempo que lo suplicamos al papa sexto Alejandro, de buena memoria, que nos hizo la dicha concesión, de procurar e ynduçir y traer los pueblos dellas y los convertir a la nuestra Santa Fe Católica y enviar a las dichas islas y Tierra Firme prelados, religiosos y clérigos y otras personas doctas y temerosas de Dios para instruir a los vecinos y moradores della en la Fe Católica, y los enseñar y dotar de buenas costunbres y poner en ellos la diligencia debida, según más largamente en las letras de la dicha concesión se contiene; por ende, suplico al Rey, mi señor, muy afectuosamente y encargo y mando, a la dicha Princesa, mi hija, y al dicho Príncipe, su marido, que así lo hagan y cunplan y que esto sea su principal fin; y que en ello pongan mucha diligencia y no consientan ni den lugar que los indios vecinos y moradores de las dichas Yndias y Tierra Firme, ganadas y por ganar, reciban agravio alguno en sus personas ni bienes, mas manden que sean bien y justamente tratados; y si algun agravio an recebido, lo remedien y provean, por manera que no escedan cosa alguna lo que por las letras apostólicas de la dicha concesión nos es injungido y mandado."
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