Isabel

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as Italian Isabella and sometimes as French Isabelle but seldom as English Elizabeth or Elisabeth; for another example, both Isabella and Elisabetta are Italian names.sShe is also a cool girl in my class

In different contexts, it may refer to:

Contents 1 People 1.1 Royalty 1.1.1 Queens 1.1.2 Other royalty 1.2 Saints 2 Places 3 Fictional characters 4 Miscellaneous 5 See also

[edit] People

[edit] Royalty

[edit] Queens

• Isabelle of Hainaut (1170–1190), queen consort, daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault, wife of Philip II of France.
• Isabella of Jerusalem (1170–1205).
• Isabella of Angoulême (c. 1187–1246), queen consort, second wife of John of England, mother of Henry III of England.
• Yolande of Jerusalem (1212–1228), also known as Isabella II.
• Queen Isabella of Armenia (died c. 1252).
• Elisabeth of Aragon (1271–1336), better known as Queen Elisabeth of Portugal, daughter of Pedro III of Aragon, wife of Denis of Portugal.
• Isabella of France (c.1295–1358), wife of Edward II of England, mother of Edward III of England.
• Isabeau of Bavaria (1369–1435), queen consort of France, wife of Charles VI of France.
• Isabella of Valois (1389–1409), queen consort, daughter of Charles VI of France, second wife of Richard II of England.
• Queen Isabella of Portugal (1428–c. 1457), queen consort, 2nd wife of John II of Castile, mother of Isabella I of Castile
• Isabella of Castile (1451–1504), wife of Ferdinand II of Aragon, mother of Catherine of Aragon, patron of Christopher Columbus. Also known as Isabella the Catholic.
• 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.
• Isabella Jagiello (1519–1559), queen of Transylvania.
• Isabella II of Spain (1830–1904), daughter of Ferdinand VII of Spain, mother of Alfonso XII of Spain.

[edit] Other royalty

• Isabella d'Anjou (c. 1101/1107–1154), Abbess of Fontevrault, wife of William Adelin.
• Isabella of Antioch (13th century), regent of Jerusalem.
• Isabella of Mar (c. 1277–1296), first wife of Robert I of Scotland.
• Princess Isabella of Armenia (died c. 1321).
• Princess Isabella of Portugal (1397–1471), wife and political advisor of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy.
• Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (1400–1453).
• Isabella of Bourbon (1436–1465), wife of Charles, Duke of Burgundy.
• Marchioness Isabella d'Este (1474–1539), wife of Francesco II of Gonzaga.
• Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (1566–1633), wife of Archduke Albert of Austria.
• Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846–1921) — Princess Imperial of Brazil, daughter of Pedro II of Brazil, abolished slavery in Brazil.
• Isabelle, Comtesse de Paris (1911–2003).
• Isabel Martínez de Perón, President of Argentina (1974–1976) and third wife of Juan Perón.

[edit] Saints

• Saint Isabel of France (1225–1270)
• Elizabeth of Portugal

[edit] Places

• Philippines
  • Isabel, Leyte
• Solomon Islands
  • Isabel Province
• United States
  • Isabel, Kansas
  • Isabel, South Dakota
  • Isabelle, Wisconsin
  • Isabella County, Michigan
  • Lake Isabella, California

[edit] Fictional characters

• Ysabell, a character in the Discworld series of books by Terry Pratchett
• Isabella (commedia dell'arte), a character in Commedia dell'arte
• Isabella the Lorry, from the Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends TV Series
• Isabelle of Cornwall, the mother of Tristan in Arthurian legend
• Isabel Archer, main character of Henry James novel The Portrait of a Lady
• Isabella (Shakespeare), a character in Measure for Measure
• Queen Isabel of the Holy Griffin Empire, a character from the video game Heroes of Might and Magic V
• Daisuke "Isabella" Yamamoto, the transvestite fashion student in the manga series Paradise Kiss by Ai Yazawa.
• Isabella
• Isabella Swan of Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
• Isabella, a character from the video game Dead Rising

[edit] Miscellaneous

• 210_Isabella, an asteroid
• Hurricane Isabel, a major hurricane that occurred in 2003.
• Isabella or isabelline, a greyish-yellow or light buff horse coat colour.
• Isabelle (comics), a series of comic books.
• Isabelle (computer game), a 1997 computer adventure game.
• Isabella grape, used to make a well-known type of Uhudler wine.
• Isabella piercing.
• Isabelle theorem prover, an interactive theorem proving system.
• Pyrrharctia isabella knows as the Isabella Tiger Moth, Isia isabella.
• Isabel, the rhinoceros woman depicted in the "Babar" series.

[edit] See also

• Special:Allpages/Isabel for a more comprehensive list of article names that begin with Isabel