Queen Isabella - Definition and Overview

The name Isabella, also Isabel, is sometimes translated into its English equivalent, Elizabeth.

Among the women known to history as Queen Isabella are:

• Isabella of Angouleme (~1187-1246) (queen consort), 2nd wife of John of England, mother of Henry III of England
• Isabella of France (1292-1358) (queen consort), daughter of Philip IV of France, wife of Edward II of England, mother of Edward III of England
• Isabella of Valois (1389-1409) (queen consort), daughter of Charles VI of France, 2nd wife of Richard II of England
• Isabella of Portugal (1428- >1457) (queen consort), 2nd wife of John II of Castile, mother of Isabella I of Castile
• Isabella I of Castile (1451-1504) (queen regnant), wife of Ferdinand II of Aragon, mother of Catherine of Aragon, patron of Christopher Columbus
• Isabella of Portugal, or Isabella of Asturias, (1470-1498) (queen consort), daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, wife of Manuel I of Portugal
• Isabella of Portugal (1503-1539) (queen consort), daughter of Manuel I of Portugal, wife of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (External link to portrait (http://costume.dm.net/gallery/brownvelvet.html))
• Isabella II of Spain (1830-1904) (queen regnant), daughter of Ferdinand VII of Spain, mother of Alfonso XII of Spain