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    Isabel I of Castile, along with her husband Fernando united much of Spain, launched Columbus’s
    expedition to the new world and started the Spanish inquisition. She was the mother of 4 queens, including Queen Joanna of Castile known as Jonanna the Mad and Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII’s first wife.
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  • @lincroyableprocrastinateur5414

    "She gave birth to ten children... died at 34 years old from exhaustion." Well of course she did! Jesus that's a lot of stress on a body.

    • @Deborahtunes
      @Deborahtunes Před 3 lety +100

      Women have had more children than 10, and lived to tell about it. Her death was probably more about the terrible health conditions of the time...

    • @RedRoseSeptember22
      @RedRoseSeptember22 Před 3 lety +52

      Right?! I'm 34 now and have never given birth (not yet anyways) and that's scary!!!

    • @___________________1
      @___________________1 Před 3 lety +11

      she stressed out juana too much

    • @kunya16
      @kunya16 Před 3 lety +54

      I grew up in circles where 7 - 14 kids was totally normal. I'm one of 9 kids. No one died of exhaustion. These women having lots of kids and dying is because the health care was so awful and the post partum care was even worse.

    • @Pieldenieve
      @Pieldenieve Před 3 lety +20

      I know a lot of women that had ten or more children and are still alive today. It wasn’t exhaustion, probably more like the living conditions of those times.

  • @LandgraabIV
    @LandgraabIV Před 3 lety +954

    "Castilay" bothered me more than it should...

    • @lechonasaodeborinquen8150
      @lechonasaodeborinquen8150 Před 3 lety +55

      Yes, but I can understand. Sometimes it's difficult to pronounce names of locations with another language.

    • @almaordonez5245
      @almaordonez5245 Před 3 lety +87

      I mean, I understand that spanish can be difficult but sometimes it kinda feels like people don’t even try :(

    • @TheBc99
      @TheBc99 Před 3 lety +81

      @@almaordonez5245 Castile is the English name for Castilla, though. So it's not even another language. I think that's where the misunderstanding came in, because if Castile WAS the Spanish name, Lindsay's pronunciation would actually be correct.

    • @pawwalker3492
      @pawwalker3492 Před 3 lety +5

      @@TheBc99 - I thought, and I could be wrong - that Castile was a Spanish word for _castle_. And Aragon was name of a river in the north of Spain - and based on the Basque word for _valley_. But your pronunciation is correct.

    • @lindaknight3518
      @lindaknight3518 Před 3 lety +90

      @@pawwalker3492 No, her pronunciation is still wrong in English. It should be pronounced "casteel" in English. In Spanish the word is castilla and is pronounced castEEyah or castEELyah.

  • @royalroses3473
    @royalroses3473 Před 3 lety +245

    Catherine Of Aragon was a photo copy of her mother, wished Arthur hadn’t died and Henry wouldn’t have became king

    • @theladyfausta
      @theladyfausta Před 3 lety +28

      Isn't it fascinating to wonder what would have happened if Henry hadn't been king? Though, to be honest I could easily see him killing or overthrowing his brother if he hadn't died. Ugh, I hate him! He was married to so many groundbreaking women who were ready to change the shape of the world, and he discarded, suppressed, or killed them all. -__-

    • @elissarose4196
      @elissarose4196 Před 3 lety +11

      @@theladyfausta I completely agree, it's such a shame that those women were born into that time period, they were such powerful people, Anne Boleyn did aid the change of the country with the idea of protestant reform. However, before he took the throne he was set to go into the life of the Church as the role of the second born son demands, and before his accident where he fell off of his horse, he was a very well liked and respected King who was always very active. After his accident many said he suffered a brain injury which caused a personality shift (but we don't know for sure). Although the actions towards his wives and mistresses was inexcusable we do have to at least accept that this wasn't terribly uncommon or new behavior for a King at this time. But I do fully agree with your statement, Arthur would have been a good King.

    • @lambandwolf1
      @lambandwolf1 Před 3 lety +10

      Without henry you won't get Elizabeth I
      the only achievment that henry has

    • @matthewconnolly8628
      @matthewconnolly8628 Před 2 lety +7

      That is pretty unlikely, as Henry seemed pretty stable before his reign up until his succesion issues

    • @EstherHulst-Artist
      @EstherHulst-Artist Před 2 lety +5

      @@theladyfausta i believe Henry wanted to become part of the curch ironically

  • @itsJessalyn
    @itsJessalyn Před 3 lety +492

    "There may have been darker forces at work" now I'm curious about Juana's reign!

    • @candisbrown1275
      @candisbrown1275 Před 3 lety +9

      So they tryed to get the Spain jew to convert that's crazy

    • @NaomiJameston
      @NaomiJameston Před 3 lety +45

      I think she means politics and misogyny, but I'm not sure. Juana was considered mad because she loved her husband so much that refused to let him be buried (or had him exhumed?) and slept by his corpse. She then retreated from ruling at all, instead secluding herself in darkness and mourning.
      Or so the men around her made it seem. It's possible that she actually was an astute ruler but as a woman, she was considered weak and was forced into giving up a lot of political power to her nephew(?) and father(?).

    • @TheBc99
      @TheBc99 Před 3 lety +45

      Lindsay talks about Juana in other videos. Her story is very sad. She didn't even get to rule: her father, husband and son all took advantage of her mental instability to seize control of her inheritance.

    • @leviblevins513
      @leviblevins513 Před 3 lety +9

      Lindsay included her story in the video Royal Inbreeding: The Houses of Europe. It's a great video!

    • @TheBc99
      @TheBc99 Před 3 lety +5

      @@leviblevins513 thanks! I had forgotten the exact video

  • @demiansolis
    @demiansolis Před 3 lety +539

    In an age dominated by men, where queens were perceived as weak and incapable of governing, Isabel of Castille proved just to the opposite to the world. She was a worrior. Not only did she participated in several military campaigns against Portugal, the disloyal feudal lords and the Muslims, but she also was at the forefront of her army. She is a highly controversial historical figure who has been misunderstood many times. Contemporary historians claim that at the end of her days she regretted having expelled the Jews and that she was truely concerned about the safety of the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean. In her will she left instructions to her successor to protect the indigenous peoples of the New World, instructions which were ignored by her husband and by the conquistadors.

    • @NorahAB13
      @NorahAB13 Před 3 lety +14

      If you gonna write her name in proper way so do the rest with her title. Isabel Reina de Castilla

    • @annazafar3044
      @annazafar3044 Před 3 lety +34

      Even if she regretted her decisions later in life it was of no use because the damage was already done. Many Jews were forced out of their homes. Not only Jews but also Muslims suffered the same fate, they were forcefully converted and then by an edict in 1609 were exiled.

    • @kasp5426
      @kasp5426 Před 3 lety +17

      ...Don't you know that Europeans saw Andalusia as a scientific center and books authored by Muslims were studied by many European scholars? The scientific age of Andalusia literally ended when she expelled the Muslims from the peninsula.

    • @galvinstanley3235
      @galvinstanley3235 Před 2 lety +13

      She started the spanish inquitition,are you happy about that?Go to any museum and think of that womens face when you see all of the preserved torture devices from the inquitition.Edgar Allen Poe got his inspiration for the story Pit and the Pendulum,off of a real device created during the inquitition.

    • @fardiorin9133
      @fardiorin9133 Před 2 lety +2

      The fuck you said about "the Muslims" and changed your narrative about "the Jews" later

  • @ladylunaginaofgames40
    @ladylunaginaofgames40 Před 3 lety +427

    So a while back when I was trying to learn my heritage through DNA tests, I was surprised to learn that on my father's side, I had stronger connections to Ancient Spain than to my German roots. Makes me wonder what the heck they were doing over there

    • @Tekirai
      @Tekirai Před 3 lety +28

      Oh me too I’m like oh wow, like I’m linked to Spain and Portugal

    • @ladylunaginaofgames40
      @ladylunaginaofgames40 Před 3 lety +42

      @@Tekirai The Spanish are everywhere these days

    • @fernandaromero-valdespino3178
      @fernandaromero-valdespino3178 Před 3 lety +60

      The grandson of Isabel was king of Spain and Germany, so maybe that is when your heritage starts to mix

    • @Tekirai
      @Tekirai Před 3 lety +31

      @@ladylunaginaofgames40 agreed like I’m still trying to figure out how in the WORLD did I get south Asian ancestors when I’m A: in America and B: black. Like I need ANSWERS

    • @CindyWilson1991
      @CindyWilson1991 Před 3 lety +6

      @@Tekirai Depends on where you live.

  • @mimm2578
    @mimm2578 Před 3 lety +399

    Juana of Castile, not the mad. History made her look as a mad woman for being jealous. Her own father, husband and son didn't want Juana to rule because was a woman.

    • @janefelix3821
      @janefelix3821 Před 3 lety +24

      Juana eventually had to cede power to her son and he ruled Spain. It would be nearly 3 centuries until Spain had a Queen ruler. They will again get one, as the current King only has two daughters but they are symbolic.

    • @gayleeidson6724
      @gayleeidson6724 Před 3 lety +57

      Powerful Women are ALWAYS described as crazy or witches, back when ALL history was written by Men. Mary Magdalene was NEVER described in the Bible as a harlot until the Church decided to go with that narrative. She was very important and powerful during and after Jesus' Death and Resurrection !!!

    • @lucylilith5101
      @lucylilith5101 Před 3 lety +27

      I thought she was called mad because of other things, she refused to let go of her dead husband's body and insisted on hugging and sleeping with it.

    • @janefelix3821
      @janefelix3821 Před 3 lety +15

      @@lucylilith5101 She did have psychiatric issues, that is why they forced her out, first to her father and then her son. Her great-grandson, Carlos, also had this issue. He was the first born to King Phillip II and since his mother died in childbirth, his father had to find another wife. His father's second marriage was to Queen Mary I of England, his first cousin once removed, so it cemented the alliance between the two nations and healed some of the rift Mary's father, Henry VIII, caused. However, they did not produce a child. His third wife, Elizabeth of Valois, produced two daughters, but by that point Carlos was in his late teens causing havoc, so Phillip did not want to wait, if Carlos ended up on the throne he would have complete control unlike Joanna, so he had him locked up and mysteriously died. Thus his daughters became heirs. Elizabeth died in childbirth too, so his fourth wife, Anna of Austria produced a son, Phillip III.

    • @pawwalker3492
      @pawwalker3492 Před 3 lety +19

      I believe you're correct. She was highly intelligent and capable, but her father had her declared insane and imprisoned in the Royal Convent of Santa Clara in Tordesillas. Ferdinand ruled as regent until his death in 1516. Her son Charles I then ruled as king, made her co-ruler in name only, and kept her prisoner until she died in 1555. I'd be "mad", too.

  • @j.a.m5083
    @j.a.m5083 Před 3 lety +238

    I always wanted to know about Issabelle of Castile. It’s believed Catherine of Aragon and Mary Tudor both suffered from forms of endometriosis. I always wondered if issabelle did to. Because it trends in families. Endometriosis is hella painful so I find it very interesting to think about these three incredible strong and intelligent women who maintained power even when women where considered so much less then men. Suffering through extreme pain on top of all of that. I don’t know much about Issabelle, I don’t think it’s mentioned anywhere her suffering from painful periods. But it might not have been documented the way Catherine and Mary’s health was.
    Regardless interesting little thought process on that family.

    • @Alejojojo6
      @Alejojojo6 Před 3 lety +8

      Probably not. Because endometriosis is linked with low fertilty and Isabel had many sons (up to 7 births or more).

    • @j.a.m5083
      @j.a.m5083 Před 3 lety +12

      @@Alejojojo6 it is not always linked to infertility there are many different forms, and they all affect it differently. Also it goes into remission sometimes when pregnant. She could have had it very mildly but that’s fair we have no way of knowing for sure.

    • @MimiXXL
      @MimiXXL Před 2 lety +20

      Actually you may be onto something. There was an 8 year gap between her first born and second child, and since the first one was a girl, she desperately wanted and tried for a son. She didn't get pregnant again until she underwent some kind of surgery at the hands of a jewish doctor (to whom she remained extremely grateful for the rest of her days). The rest of her children came practically year after year after that.

    • @MimiXXL
      @MimiXXL Před 2 lety +3

      Ps: Also, the cause of death is belived to have been ovarian cancer.

    • @lcregnrs
      @lcregnrs Před rokem

      I've read that Catherine of Aragon's daughter, Mary queen of scots had large cysts or tumors that made her look pregnant, plus I don't think she ever had kids, not sure though. Cysts tend to run in families.

  • @kay-jo5lb
    @kay-jo5lb Před 3 lety +764

    Juana the Mad was Catherine’s sister? i feel like i should have known this but hey, you learn something new everyday!

    • @diamondequallo1204
      @diamondequallo1204 Před 3 lety +9

      Yeah

    • @SallyTheWolf
      @SallyTheWolf Před 3 lety +34

      I recamend checking the youtube channel usefull charts. You can find family conections you probably never knew. He resentlly made a updated videos on the habsburgs and the spanish...if i remember correctlly

    • @ruffridge02
      @ruffridge02 Před 3 lety +9

      @@SallyTheWolf I love Useful Charts!

    • @danielc5740
      @danielc5740 Před 3 lety +32

      A curious fact is that when Juana visited her sister Catalina, her father-in-law, Henry VII, was amazed by the beauty of Juana, when Juana's husband died Enrique wanted to marry Juana, but she refused

    • @LadyNikitaShark
      @LadyNikitaShark Před 3 lety +19

      "fun fact" all of the royal houses of Europe have some portuguese or Spanish blood in them, most often is both.

  • @primulas2
    @primulas2 Před 3 lety +359

    You should do an episode of Philippa of Lencastre, Queen of Portugal, She is very livre in Portugal and her sons Started the age of Discovery in Portugal! Her marriage to King João I of Portugal markesd the treaty of Windsor, the longest active treaty in the worlds.

    • @ruthdweh2779
      @ruthdweh2779 Před 3 lety +2

      It’s Lancaster

    • @Meow_Zedong_1949
      @Meow_Zedong_1949 Před 3 lety +10

      @@ruthdweh2779 It's how it's spelled in Portuguese similar to how we refer to Edward III's wife as Philippa of Hainault even though it's pronounced Hainaut in her native tongue.

    • @carolynmorgan9358
      @carolynmorgan9358 Před 2 lety +1

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  • @lechonasaodeborinquen8150
    @lechonasaodeborinquen8150 Před 3 lety +38

    Isabella of Castile is one good example of women empowering. By diplomacy and audacity, she and her husband Ferdinand II of Aragon, reconquered Granada, freed Emir's slaves, and unified Castile + Aragon + Granada. They're practically the founders of Spain.
    Isabella of Castile had so many enemies (France, Granada, Portugal); and she dealt with them with marvellous strategies.

  • @kokonana4086
    @kokonana4086 Před 3 lety +240

    IMO Queen Isabel of Castile was probably one of the greatest monarchs ever graced the European reign.
    BTW, the union between Queen Isabel and King Fernando was match made in heaven.

    • @sahimdegani9652
      @sahimdegani9652 Před 3 lety +38

      Well comparitively he was much better than other kings but he wasn't that great a husband cause a lot of times isabel's protests to laws were ignored many times by King Fernado. Isabel protested to the Jews being tortured and flogged and slavery and horrible treatment of the Native Americans but her protests were ignored.

    • @sahimdegani9652
      @sahimdegani9652 Před 3 lety +40

      Also more and more historians are coming to the conclusion that they had an icy truce more than a healthy relationship
      Fernando did not like powerful women and wanted her to stop ruling Castile but they had an treaty for joint ruling
      He just couldn't execute or divorce her cause doing that would mean losing Castille and also put bad relationships with Isabel's parents .That's why people assume that Fernado loved Isabelle.
      Proof of that is that she never gave him rulership of Castille in her will

    • @JemimaTy
      @JemimaTy Před 3 lety +22

      Or a match made in hell if you were Jewish or Native American 🙂

    • @isaacgray2909
      @isaacgray2909 Před 3 lety +9

      @@sahimdegani9652 There's also the fact that he constantly cheated on her.

    • @pawwalker3492
      @pawwalker3492 Před 3 lety +10

      @@sahimdegani9652 history knows Fernando was a scheming snake in the grass.
      Not defending him at all, but life was more of a chess game when you were monarchy.
      Plots. Counter-plots. Victories, and revenge. No thank you.

  • @hexily
    @hexily Před 3 lety +146

    I appreciate the way you use the correct names and pronunciation of Isabel and Fernando as opposed to the way others have dubbed them. Thank you

    • @katedix5248
      @katedix5248 Před 3 lety +6

      I'd always thought it was pronounced "Cas-steel-lay" , does she pronounce Castile the Spanish way? Good on her!

    • @katedix5248
      @katedix5248 Před 3 lety +4

      @@i-am-luisa that does, thank you so much 🤗

    • @saragarcia8651
      @saragarcia8651 Před rokem +3

      @@katedix5248 in spanish is Castilla but its fine!

  • @CristianMartinez-cf8oh
    @CristianMartinez-cf8oh Před 3 lety +64

    Yay finally I always feel like queens in the Iberian peninsula get side lined not just here but other you tube channels too. So happy that English queens aren’t the only ones getting attention. Love this channel and all your great work keep it up 👍🏽

  • @maninedoow5895
    @maninedoow5895 Před 3 lety +377

    Long story short:
    It was Ferdinand’s fault that we are here.

  • @LucieCornelia
    @LucieCornelia Před 3 lety +96

    I appreciate that you said that Columbus was the first southern European to discover America since Leif Ericson and several other Vikings discovered it century's before but is always forgotten.

    • @kkandsims4612
      @kkandsims4612 Před 3 lety +6

      I totally forgot about him he did some pretty badass stuff

    • @LucieCornelia
      @LucieCornelia Před 3 lety +1

      @@kkandsims4612 He did

    • @mariaminghi4297
      @mariaminghi4297 Před 3 lety +3

      you said it “SOUTHERN european”

    • @isabelfernandez958
      @isabelfernandez958 Před 3 lety +31

      It is not about Who was there first, but Who made it known to the World. In that case it is Colombus and the Kings of Spain Who made it known.

    • @atlantistalamantes9262
      @atlantistalamantes9262 Před 2 lety +3

      anyway the Natives were the first one to discover America whichever european laid eyes on us first is truly irrelevant

  • @karalarson7552
    @karalarson7552 Před 3 lety +59

    I had one of those historical princess diaries for Isabel. It was very interesting. I enjoyed it very much.

    • @malak.3853
      @malak.3853 Před 3 lety +1

      I HAD IT TOO! Great book! So glad Lindsay made a video about her!

    • @polyspheremusic3417
      @polyspheremusic3417 Před 3 lety +1

      Which one?

    • @CosmicAustin
      @CosmicAustin Před 3 lety +2

      I loved those books!

    • @EskimoPagan
      @EskimoPagan Před 3 lety +4

      I loved those books as well, especially the one on Cleopatra!

    • @karalarson7552
      @karalarson7552 Před 3 lety +2

      @@EskimoPagan that was one I never read. My sister specifically forbade me from reading it and I never thought to pick it up from the library without her noticing.

  • @annhuffman8386
    @annhuffman8386 Před 3 lety +58

    Catherine of Aragon was not beheaded. She never accepted the annulment of her marriage.

    • @zosimo133
      @zosimo133 Před 3 lety +6

      Neither does the Pope accept the annulment of her marriage

    • @jasperhorace7147
      @jasperhorace7147 Před 2 lety +2

      @@zosimo133 ironic really. Had the pope gone along with the annulment, he wouldn’t have lost Catholic England. I suppose it’s a sort of karma.

    • @jasperhorace7147
      @jasperhorace7147 Před 2 lety +2

      @Sunbro no such thing as Catholic principles. Pope’s those times pretty well did as they pleased. The pope at Henry’s time was too scared of Spain to upset them and grant Henry an annulment. There were precedents - Eleanore of Aquitaine for examp,e.

    • @togapeneueta9466
      @togapeneueta9466 Před 2 lety +2

      I think Catherine of Aragon was better off with king Arthur.

    • @ChibiProwl
      @ChibiProwl Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@togapeneueta9466The bad thing is, Arthur died. One must wonder how history would've changed had Arthur become king and had kids by Catherine.

  • @rooncees
    @rooncees Před 3 lety +19

    I've been waiting for this for sooooo long.

  • @spaghettiappletaterghost1009

    Love her story! Thank you for doing a video on her!! 💙💙

  • @shortie0414
    @shortie0414 Před 3 lety +487

    Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

    • @Tekirai
      @Tekirai Před 3 lety +18

      I just SCREAMED!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @sofiavillalba2404
      @sofiavillalba2404 Před 3 lety +11

      THANK YOU

    • @bourbe8789
      @bourbe8789 Před 3 lety +19

      "something nobody expected" haha ...yeah we see what you did there 😏

    • @lemayllorente9567
      @lemayllorente9567 Před 3 lety +5

      😂 😂 😂, Brilliant 👌

    • @AlyssaSteiner
      @AlyssaSteiner Před 3 lety +6

      i was ganna comment this if no one else did lol

  • @kissofshadows21
    @kissofshadows21 Před 3 lety +96

    It's pronounced "Kah-steel". Or Castilla "Kah-stee-ah" in Spanish.

  • @bre_me
    @bre_me Před 3 lety +13

    Been waiting for this one! One of the most important and influential women and people in world history

  • @xxxxxx5062
    @xxxxxx5062 Před 3 lety +47

    Love her sm!! she's one of my favourite monarchs. And i love her youngest daughter more than anything 🤩🤩

  • @simonebittencourt8251
    @simonebittencourt8251 Před 3 lety +8

    It is so pleasant the way you tell all these stories... You are surely a gifted storyteller, Lindsay! Congratulations on this gift you have! We learn a lot from you. How spectacular the combination of History and the works of art... those paintings showing the royal family are so mesmerizing!! Thank you for sharing all this knowledge and beauty with all of us.

  • @qarleu5241
    @qarleu5241 Před rokem +11

    Isabel Reina de Castilla was very well suited to be monarch. In our language which is Filipino, we call Spaniards 'Kastila'. So I guess now I understand where it originated, because of the Castilians.

  • @bestgamergirl6231
    @bestgamergirl6231 Před 3 lety +4

    Yes. Thank you so much for doing this. I was waiting for this one so bad. Thank you so much for this video. 🥰🥰🥰

  • @piedathemokona
    @piedathemokona Před 3 lety +181

    My mother used to live in Spain and she saw Isabelles grave

    • @Laramaria2
      @Laramaria2 Před 3 lety +14

      OMG I'm jealous of her 😂 My uncle lives in Spain and he never went to her grave (what a waste) 😒

    • @marimarujaa7818
      @marimarujaa7818 Před 3 lety +6

      Wow amazing 😉 in my bucket list for sure

    • @carmen47freixas96
      @carmen47freixas96 Před 3 lety +7

      There is not such name as Isabella, that's Italian, in Spanish is ISABEL.

    • @jacoboVE_Cultura
      @jacoboVE_Cultura Před 3 lety +3

      Piedathemokona : Isabel I of Castile and her husband King Fernando II of Aragon, have their tomb in the Royal chapel of the cathedral of Granada. Greetings

    • @carmen47freixas96
      @carmen47freixas96 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jacoboVE_Cultura Have been there, also Columbus is meant to be in the Cathedral in Sevilla, I was born in Spain, I have been to all the 17 regions, I was born in Barcelona, I live in Australia. Thanks.

  • @KHowardishereandthefunsbegun

    *Me running to the comment section* I’M COMING SWEETHEART

  • @zvaigznesspidet
    @zvaigznesspidet Před 3 lety +246

    You should go more in depth on Juana the mad sometime... I feel like that would be so interesting to see what scholars debate about? What did they think she suffered from?

    • @--enyo--
      @--enyo-- Před 3 lety +44

      I’d really like to see a video on her. The traditional narrative is that she was incredibly highly strung/hysterical (as women always are 🙄) and madly in love with her unfaithful husband. They say she suffered from fits of jealously before his death, then depression after it.
      From the more recent historical perspectives I read her husband and father basically made her out to be mad, in order to take power from her and rule in her place. Basically, whenever she got pissed off at her husband’s cheating or bad behaviour they’d frame it as ‘madness’. To make her appear weaker and more pathetic they said it was because she was hopelessly in love with her husband (when in reality she may have loathed him after she found out what he was). Then the part about her parading around with her husband’s dead body could have been more to do with promoting the legitimacy of her children, rather than affection for their father.

    • @johnhblaubachea5156
      @johnhblaubachea5156 Před 3 lety +5

      For someone, who was "mad", she lived a very long life. I believer she died in 1555, three years before for son Charles.

    • @moonyboye5194
      @moonyboye5194 Před 3 lety +18

      She didn't suffer from anything. She was not mad, she discovered that her Husband Phillip of Haupsburg was being unfaithful and accused him of cheating, in retaliation Phillip said she was mad and, as king of Spain and descendant of the Haupsburg family line, his words were more powerful than hers.
      If so, she was mad of jealousy.

    • @empressafropuffs1707
      @empressafropuffs1707 Před 3 lety +8

      I actually read a book about her a long time ago; I believe it was called Three Queens or something like that. It sounded like she was bipolar as the book described periods of her being depressed (usually after finding out her husband was unfaithful)and then periods of mania. Her grandmother had been locked up as well so it definitely was an inherited issue.

    • @ikinciyeni8233
      @ikinciyeni8233 Před 3 lety +6

      Long story short:
      It was Ferdinand’s fault that we are here.

  • @Tekirai
    @Tekirai Před 3 lety +205

    Why call pronounce Castile like that? It’s not even pronounced that in English. And it’s Castilla in Spanish pronunciation

    • @floraposteschild4184
      @floraposteschild4184 Před 3 lety +14

      These videos are so good otherwise...not sure why there's usually at least one mispronunciation. It's so easy to look up. English czcams.com/video/UC4QGhjqQ98/video.html
      Spanish: www.howtopronounce.com/spanish/castile

    • @roseyusagiiii87
      @roseyusagiiii87 Před 3 lety +31

      Casteel none of that Castilay stuff!

    • @weirdgirl27
      @weirdgirl27 Před 3 lety +13

      yeah its either cas-steel or cas-stee-yay

    • @Amaya_
      @Amaya_ Před 3 lety +18

      @@floraposteschild4184 Im so glad somebody said something, that was bugging me too.

    • @Tekirai
      @Tekirai Před 3 lety +6

      @Wyn S NO its about correct pronunciation.

  • @makaelaischillin
    @makaelaischillin Před 3 lety +7

    Great video as always Lindsay! ❤️

  • @Laramaria2
    @Laramaria2 Před 3 lety +8

    I think her story is very interesting and I really wanted to see a video about her!😍 Another great video! 💖

  • @SallyTheWolf
    @SallyTheWolf Před 3 lety +143

    Finally yes. I wanted to know abot the spanish family

    • @lovelive2216
      @lovelive2216 Před 3 lety +2

      Me too!!!

    • @thebullqueen
      @thebullqueen Před 3 lety +1

      Same here

    • @carmen47freixas96
      @carmen47freixas96 Před 3 lety

      Yes, Isabel was the queen who gave Columbus the funds to buy the 3 Carabels (ships) to go to the New World.

    • @SallyTheWolf
      @SallyTheWolf Před 3 lety

      @@carmen47freixas96 i knew that from usefylcharts video on the spanish monarchs

    • @carmen47freixas96
      @carmen47freixas96 Před 3 lety

      @@SallyTheWolf I just felt like making the comment, most people know. I am old, I am from Barcelona, I have been in OZ for 60 years, but I learned history at school in Spain, I came over at 14.

  • @samanthanielson2865
    @samanthanielson2865 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you for these videos!! I absolutely love them and I can't wait to watch them 🖤🖤

  • @joelas87
    @joelas87 Před 3 lety +4

    HOLY CRAP!!! i requested this biography a week ago in one of your videos and i knew you would eventually will get to it since you probably had a long list!!!! but wow never did i expect you to do it so quick!!! thank you thank you thank you you are the best. i feel kinda special although you probably didn't make this video because i asked for it, i would like to think you did. thank you Lindsay

  • @chrisdsx5
    @chrisdsx5 Před rokem +8

    I think she is the reason why the queen on Chess is the most powerful piece.

  • @aprilrainsunshine2105
    @aprilrainsunshine2105 Před 3 lety +4

    I loved this and the artwork. Thank you learning Spanish history

  • @abbykang3369
    @abbykang3369 Před 3 lety +1

    Love this channel and the extra focus on queens!

  • @TNikki93
    @TNikki93 Před 2 lety +16

    Isabella I is one of my ancestors! It’s so interesting to hear more about her life. Thank you! :)

    • @fadelaelzalet8674
      @fadelaelzalet8674 Před 2 lety

      She is crazy murder she forced thousands of Muslims to convert their religion and then she killed them !!!!!!!

    • @lemonlimee2251
      @lemonlimee2251 Před 2 lety

      @@fadelaelzalet8674 Suleiman 2.0

  • @tambourineantelope2421
    @tambourineantelope2421 Před 3 lety +7

    Luv ur videos so much. I hope u keep making more videos. Ur videos help me relax a lot❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @randerson2525
    @randerson2525 Před 3 lety +12

    Isabella had a very strong claim to the English Crown, being descended from Edward III of England's son John of Gaunt, via John's two daughters Philippa and Katherine of Lancaster.

    • @jeandehuit5385
      @jeandehuit5385 Před 3 lety +2

      'very strong' is overstating the situation by a lot; if one takes the Beaufort children as legitimate (which by English & Canon law they were; they were legitimated by the Pope & declared legitimate for all dignities twice-over by Act of Parliament during the reign of King Richard II.
      While Henry IV tried to reverse the Act of Parliament, he did so by extralegal means; only an Act of Parliament can undo a prior Act of Parliament, yet Henry did not pass his amendments thru Parliament. Thus, only the original act had legal force), then the descendants of John de Beaufort, 1st earl of Somerset, have a better claim.
      This is b/c half-brothers come b/f full-sisters in feudal inheritance. Even if said sisters *did* have a better claim, Isabella would not be the heir of this claim; she is the lineal heir of Catherine of Lancaster, queen of Castile, who was John of Gaunt's only child by his 2nd wife, Constance of Castile. However, Gaunt had issue by his 1st marriage, which would have come b/f Catherine's descendants.
      While Isabella descends from Philippa of Lancaster, queen of Portugal as well, she is not the heir of this line; she descends from John, constable of Portugal, Philippa's younger son. John the constable had elder brothers, namely Edward, king of Portugal. If John of Gaunt's daughters came b/f his sons (which, as I mentioned, they didn't), then it would be Edward's line which took precedence.
      On the death of Henry VI, this would have been John II of Portugal. In Isabella's day it would have been Manuel I, king of Portugal. His heirs would be thru his youngest son Duarte, 4th duke of Guimarães, as the elder sons died w/out issue.
      And this isn't even getting into the fact that foreign rulers were assumed ineligible for the English crown anyway; Edward III explicitly barred anyone not born on English soil as unfit for the crown. Since Isabella wasn't born (or raised) in England, this would have left her ineligible.
      I know everyone stans the House of York & Catherine of Aragon, but Henry VII & his son Henry VIII did indeed have the best Lancastrian claim to the English crown in those days. Shocking, I know.

  • @lemayllorente9567
    @lemayllorente9567 Před 3 lety +95

    Just a quick note, 'conversos' were also called 'marranos', and was used in a derogatory manner to refer to the jewish community who converted to Catholicism. Thank you for a fantastic video 👍

    • @franciscomm7675
      @franciscomm7675 Před 3 lety +16

      And the muslims who were forced to convert to Christianity were called “Moriscos”

    • @lemayllorente9567
      @lemayllorente9567 Před 3 lety +20

      @@franciscomm7675 Thank you for that detail. It is interesting how before the Inquisition, the Jewish community and the Christian community were somewhat integrated. Iam not saying that they lived in harmony, but there was an understanding and an appreciation on both sides. Unfortunately, all that changed once suspicion and religious fears started to dominate the narrative at the time.

    • @SamAronow
      @SamAronow Před 3 lety +7

      @@lemayllorente9567 There was a great deal of political pressure by outside nations for Castile to oppress Jews and Muslims. Other European leaders leveraged potential marital alliances for expulsion.

  • @juliand.l.4310
    @juliand.l.4310 Před 3 lety +2

    The was VERY informative and pleasant to listen to! Heard it from beginning to end! Interesting stuff!

  • @PurpleBlueHaze
    @PurpleBlueHaze Před 3 lety +8

    This queen seems very underrated. Thank you for this video

  • @sladjanapopara7438
    @sladjanapopara7438 Před 3 lety +16

    That was amazing like always! Can you do something about Egyptian queens like queen Nefertari wife of Ramses ii❤️🌸

  • @ambiencecafe6098
    @ambiencecafe6098 Před 3 lety +1

    I love this channel. I always learn something new ❤️

  • @alic1977
    @alic1977 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you for all your efforts I really enjoy your channel ♥️♥️♥️

  • @kaylado4557
    @kaylado4557 Před 3 lety +6

    I love your videos!

  • @2604ernesto
    @2604ernesto Před 3 lety +3

    I appreciate the fact that u pronounce the names in spanish, nice videos I love your channel

  • @badgal1990
    @badgal1990 Před 3 lety +2

    oh this one a great one!!! thanks lindsay!

  • @daviddeulofeuiantunez7712

    I found it hilarious how you pronounced Castile. I will forever now use this funny pronunciation. Made my day TY!

  • @Vik_fel
    @Vik_fel Před 3 lety +34

    I just LOVE her! an exeptional women, she and Fernando were the ultimate power couple. I highly recomend you all to watch 'Isabel', this drama is amazing.

    • @arianator7825
      @arianator7825 Před 3 lety

      @tasha cork ...... wait what

    • @BeatrizPereira-mk2cr
      @BeatrizPereira-mk2cr Před 3 lety +3

      @@arianator7825
      You didn’t know those two lunatics started the Spanish Inquisition? Really?

    • @Vik_fel
      @Vik_fel Před 3 lety +7

      @tasha cork She wasn't a saint, nor her daugher Isabel who was responsible for the persecution of the Jews in Portugal. They were too religious without much tolerance, but Isabel was still a great queen and a women ahead of her time.

    • @condelevante4
      @condelevante4 Před 3 lety +13

      @tasha cork not correct.
      Please check the facts. She did two “unpleasant” things however
      1. She installed the inquisition. Of course this only applied to Catholics so a Jew had nothing to worry about. Of course the reason the inquisition was installed was because the coversos, ex Jews who had converted and who seemed to occupy all the top positions (many of isabellas top ministers were conversos) were suspected of being insincere Christians. There was a lot of envy
      2. She finally expelled the Jews in 1492. This is after 20 years of trying to protect them against the sectarian violence and riots and infighting that broke out. Early in her reign she proclaimed herself the protector of the Jews. So her solution was to convert them all and those who didn’t would have to leave. Other countries such as England and France had already expelled the Jews but this event was still a major tragedy. Many took advantage and probably the worst was king john of Portugal who accepted them so long as they paid a huge entry fee only to expel them a year later when he had gotten all he could. Isabellas close confident and treasurer Abraham Senor was Jewish and converted. Isabella was his godmother at his baptism. Ferdinand The Godfather

    • @MariaPerez-qx1lp
      @MariaPerez-qx1lp Před 3 lety

      I watched the series! Loved it! Not to mention we share birthdays 🎂 so that’s like super cute.

  • @spicyella7367
    @spicyella7367 Před 3 lety +8

    I love this!❤

  • @aardvark1956
    @aardvark1956 Před 3 lety +2

    Fascinating! Extraordinarily well researched. I’m a history buff and appreciate your attitude and presentation. (Serious but not grim)

  • @joelfwilshire2765
    @joelfwilshire2765 Před 3 lety +2

    I've been waiting for you to do a video on Isabel! Me encanto. Please consider doing a video about Juana I(la loca) or Isabel II!

  • @lilliedoubleyou3865
    @lilliedoubleyou3865 Před 3 lety +15

    Isabel's childhood sounds kind of like *Sense and Sensibility*

  • @GaryHField
    @GaryHField Před 3 lety +6

    Spanish women have always been strong willed and powerful since the Middle Ages, if going to be compared to European women in other countries.

  • @teresaniumata2742
    @teresaniumata2742 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for sharing, keep up the good work.

  • @neoanderson2003
    @neoanderson2003 Před 3 lety +1

    Another very researched series

  • @patriciaoconnor402
    @patriciaoconnor402 Před 3 lety +62

    Your mispronunciation of Castile is off-putting. Every site I went to to verify that I wasn't saying it wrong pronounced it as casteel not castiley.

  • @watercressfabrique3333
    @watercressfabrique3333 Před 3 lety +96

    She's so gorgeous, I really have a crush on her!

    • @jamiemohan2049
      @jamiemohan2049 Před 3 lety +9

      Many of the portraits shown here are either from different historical women or portraits drawn decades and centuries later. Some portraits here are her though.

    • @montananichole7537
      @montananichole7537 Před 3 lety +1

      same

    • @thomasmurray2000
      @thomasmurray2000 Před 3 lety +10

      Bro she’s dead

    • @kaigater
      @kaigater Před 3 lety +3

      @@thomasmurray2000 Obviously

    • @thomasmurray2000
      @thomasmurray2000 Před 3 lety +16

      @@kaigater thanks mate I was 50/50 on whether or not she was dead, put this comment so you could reassure me

  • @racheltoler3895
    @racheltoler3895 Před 3 lety +2

    I really love these videos.

  • @michellebruce5092
    @michellebruce5092 Před 2 lety +1

    Nice video I enjoyed it can't wait to see more soon 😀😄

  • @zoeates4924
    @zoeates4924 Před 3 lety +3

    Thankyou for this video, the videos you do on queens and princesses are my favourite ones!

  • @ABC-jt9cm
    @ABC-jt9cm Před 3 lety +49

    The greatest queen in history.

    • @kasp5426
      @kasp5426 Před 3 lety

      ..and the most unhygienic.

    • @ABC-jt9cm
      @ABC-jt9cm Před 3 lety +4

      @@kasp5426 and "queen" elizabeth is a hermaphrodite.

    • @bt3376
      @bt3376 Před 2 lety

      Nah Victoria is

    • @valle4740
      @valle4740 Před 2 lety

      @@kasp5426 ✨no✨

    • @ahyan6681
      @ahyan6681 Před 2 lety

      @@ABC-jt9cm nah

  • @isabeldeportugal5099
    @isabeldeportugal5099 Před 2 lety +1

    This is useful for me! As I love History and I learn English! I´m really thankful!!

  • @JoseRamos-uu7wq
    @JoseRamos-uu7wq Před rokem +1

    Awesome video!

  • @julyflowers8901
    @julyflowers8901 Před 3 lety +5

    You should make a video on all of the queens that reigned Spain plsss

  • @areiaaphrodite
    @areiaaphrodite Před 3 lety +11

    A woman truly ahead of her time!

  • @AuthorLHollingsworth
    @AuthorLHollingsworth Před 3 lety

    Love your videos. Very informative!

  • @yolandamedina2828
    @yolandamedina2828 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for the enjoyable video! Learn a lot from your videos. TYFS

  • @bookwyvern5994
    @bookwyvern5994 Před 3 lety +22

    "Let's face it, you can't Torquemada anything!"

    • @cristinabuffington9659
      @cristinabuffington9659 Před 3 lety +2

      Hey Torqeuemada, what do you say?!

    • @bookwyvern5994
      @bookwyvern5994 Před 3 lety +1

      @@cristinabuffington9659 We got a little game that you might wanna play! So pull that handle, try your luck!

    • @PollyJuice
      @PollyJuice Před 3 lety +1

      @@bookwyvern5994 Who knows, Tuck, you might win a buck?

    • @PHSDM104
      @PHSDM104 Před 2 lety

      The Inquisition...
      Let's begin!
      The Inquisition...
      Look out, sin!

  • @rachel_sj
    @rachel_sj Před 3 lety +18

    Nobody Expects Me to Be this Early in the Comments!!
    (Sorry, I had to. Love the video, always keep up the good work!)

  • @nycstar1
    @nycstar1 Před 3 lety

    Thank you! I loved it😍

  • @icinfo7313
    @icinfo7313 Před 3 lety

    Luv your video's ❤️,keep doing more videos.

  • @jessieacosta2833
    @jessieacosta2833 Před 3 lety +3

    Such sensational insight of their lives. I would've expected her to live longer for being Spain's great queen.

  • @shanemize3775
    @shanemize3775 Před 3 lety +62

    Great video, though you are mispronouncing Castile. Queen Isabella was an exceptional woman and monarch. You did a fantastic job of telling her story, good and bad. Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!

  • @PerfectlyImperfect93
    @PerfectlyImperfect93 Před 3 lety

    Thank you Lindsay!💕

  • @kittwwang
    @kittwwang Před 3 lety +1

    I like your voice and the speed of you narration. It's not fast so that it's easy to follow because there are many unfamiliar names and many royal names are alike.

  • @eaelia
    @eaelia Před 3 lety +9

    I’m distantly related to the house of Castile , so this video should be a blast!

    • @amandahugginkiss55
      @amandahugginkiss55 Před 3 lety +1

      Very cool!

    • @alfiea9508
      @alfiea9508 Před 3 lety +6

      Must be very distantly because that house doesn't exist xD

    • @Landstalker1999
      @Landstalker1999 Před rokem +1

      Neither King Ferdinand nor Queen Isabella were under the House of Castile. They were under House of Trastamara, which is an illegitimate line of House of Burgundy (not to be confused with the French royal House of Burgundy in Portugal or the French royal House of Valois-Burgundy in France during 100 year war), and House of Ivrea going further back.

  • @Lacteagalaxia
    @Lacteagalaxia Před rokem +8

    She was the one.who started the time of greatmess of Spain in the world❤️🇪🇦

    • @epifaniodelossantos3263
      @epifaniodelossantos3263 Před rokem

      She was the female Hitler-- How shameful for Spain

    • @cody4916
      @cody4916 Před rokem +5

      @@epifaniodelossantos3263 She's the reason Spain is still inhabited by Spaniards and the reason why Spain had a huge influence in the new world. She was probably the most influential monarch in the history of Spain.

  • @alyssapaul2953
    @alyssapaul2953 Před 2 lety +2

    This video is 17:18 minutes long and that is very satisfying. Also a great vid👍🏻

  • @Jerise
    @Jerise Před rokem

    Thanks, Lindsay!

  • @ectoplasmicentity
    @ectoplasmicentity Před 3 lety +10

    I love European History, so fascinating!

  • @jadwiga220
    @jadwiga220 Před 3 lety +4

    Please pray for Isabel to become a Catholic saint someday, my country would have never been Christian if it weren't for her vision that Carlos V and Felipe II later continued here. I am dedicated to name my first of many children after her.

  • @ryanortiz8836
    @ryanortiz8836 Před 2 lety +1

    AWESOME!!! SHE IS AN ANCESTOR TO ME & ITS GREAT TO LEARN ABOUT THEM..

  • @crystalfabulous
    @crystalfabulous Před 3 lety

    Thanks for sharing

  • @jmannysantiago
    @jmannysantiago Před 3 lety +62

    I absolutely love your videos, and I love that you honestly try to use the person’s own language to pronounce names. So, Castilla is “cas-TEE-ia”, not “cas-tee-LEH”. 😁

    • @Meganec3810
      @Meganec3810 Před rokem +1

      That was a really tactful way to put that well done

    • @Ug1i
      @Ug1i Před 8 měsíci +1

      She said both

    • @rebekahv5185
      @rebekahv5185 Před 5 měsíci

      The way it is spelled, Lindsay says it correctly. It IS pronounced "cas-tee-LEH."

  • @lillyrose3545
    @lillyrose3545 Před 3 lety +3

    Yes! Can you do Juana next?

  • @jungtothehuimang
    @jungtothehuimang Před 3 lety +1

    I am really thankful for this channel bc you almost never learn about female monarchs in US schools.

  • @lordpickle65
    @lordpickle65 Před 3 lety

    Very appreciated 😊

  • @Kingpowch
    @Kingpowch Před 3 lety +34

    I love how you pronounced Castile. But in Spanish is Castilla (Kastiya). The land of the Castles

  • @luis_zuniga
    @luis_zuniga Před 2 lety +7

    I'd say she's *THE* most influential woman in history.

  • @roku9134
    @roku9134 Před 11 měsíci

    Great video as usual! Can you please also explore Urraca of Leon and Castile?

  • @gorongamer7212
    @gorongamer7212 Před 3 lety

    Great Video! I studied her and Ferdinand in my History class

  • @omgfish8146
    @omgfish8146 Před 3 lety +5

    you should do a video on catherine of aragon and her daughter mary

  • @malakabdullah2521
    @malakabdullah2521 Před 3 lety +41

    This video was great!!! Isabella was a very interesting ruler and so much happened during her reign. although what she did to the Muslims and Jews was horrible.

    • @malakabdullah2521
      @malakabdullah2521 Před 3 lety +6

      @Patricia McCoy anyone who kills people based solely off of their religious beliefs (unless those people are harming them) Is a bad person. Unless someone is harming you then you don't have the right to harm them.

    • @cinna_sultan
      @cinna_sultan Před 3 lety +5

      @Patricia McCoy
      At least the Ottomans didn't do what she did, many of those kidnapped Christians became Ottoman statesmen and lived a life that Europe couldn't offer them.

    • @ghaziizan6666
      @ghaziizan6666 Před 3 lety +11

      It's just history let it go

    • @stiannobelisto573
      @stiannobelisto573 Před 3 lety

      @Patricia McCoy true words

    • @juncotton8212
      @juncotton8212 Před 3 lety

      True

  • @majorserg
    @majorserg Před 6 měsíci

    Very well done

  • @ScaryBoomBoomGun
    @ScaryBoomBoomGun Před 2 lety +1

    "They created something no one expected - the Spanish Inquisition." Yeah, you gained a subscriber for that one. Well done. 😁😉