Queen Isabella I of Castile Coloring Page

Isabella became queen of Castile in 1474 after a fight over who should rule. She had married Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469, and together they ruled most of what is now Spain. Isabella was educated and even learned Latin as an adult.

In 1492 their armies took Granada, the last Muslim kingdom in Spain, and that same year she agreed to pay for Christopher Columbus’s voyage. Her reign also saw the Spanish Inquisition and the expulsion of Jews from Spain, which are a painful part of her story.