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| Spain banknotes 500 Pesetas note of 1927, Isabel la Catolica. |
Spain banknotes 500 Pesetas banknote of 1927, issued by the Bank of Spain - El Banco de España.
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Obverse: The Court of the Lions at Alhambra at center and portrait of Isabel la Catolica (Isabel I de Castilla - Portrait by Juan de Flandes) at right.
Reverse: Coat of arms of Spain.
Isabella I (22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), also known as Isabella the Catholic, was queen of Castile and León (Crown of Castile). She and her husband, Ferdinand II of Aragon, brought stability to the kingdoms that became the basis for the unification of Spain. Later the two laid the foundations for the political unification of Spain under their grandson, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. After a struggle to claim her right to the throne, she reorganized the governmental system, brought the crime rate to the lowest it had been in years, and pulled the kingdom out of the enormous debt her brother had left behind. Isabella and Ferdinand are known for completing the Reconquista, ordering conversion or exile of their Muslim and Jewish subjects and in supporting and financing Christopher Columbus' 1492 voyage that led to the opening of the "New World". Isabella was granted the title Servant of God by the Catholic Church in 1974.