Claire | April 22, 2022
Isabella I of Castile, one of Spain’s famous “Reyes Catolicos” (Catholic monarchs) was born on this day in history, 22nd April 1451. Hear a few facts about this famous Spanish queen and how she relates to the Tudors… On this day in Tudor history, 22 April 1598, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Justice […]
Joel | October 19, 2021
On this day in history, 19th October 1469, an event took place in Spain that was not only important in Spanish history, but which had an impact on Europe and which has links with the Tudors. The event was the marriage of an eighteen-year-old woman called Isabella and a seventeen-year-old man called Ferdinand. They’d become […]
Claire | December 16, 2015
At some time during the night of 15th/16th December 1485, Queen Isabella I of Castile gave birth to a daughter at the Archbishop of Toledo’s Palace (Palacio Arzobispal de Alcalá de Henares) in the city of Alcalá de Henares, just over twenty miles north-east of Madrid. This little girl was to be the youngest surviving […]
