Santa María la Mayor Collegial Church, Toro, Spain. Isabella of Castile should never have been queen ... Her daring paid off, for Henry relented; he named Alfonso his heir as long as Joanna ...

Queen Isabella ... Spain into a world player in Europe. But there has been little written about her beginnings, her childhood and her young adult years. Until now. In his historical novel ...

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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain are probably better known for ... fathering at least two illegitimate children – his wife was left with a lot of the day-to-day decision-making.

Isabella of Spain funded Christopher Columbus’s voyages ... explores her legacy in her biography Isabella: The Warrior Queen. Our conversation has been edited for length. You became interested ...