Talk:Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy

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[edit] Wife of Charles V

There was another Isabella of Portugal who was the wife of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. --Error 02:02, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

  • disambiguate, then. muriel@pt 08:31, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Name

I'm asking mostly out of curiousity, but why does the artcle use the version "Isabella" of the name? The Portuguese version is "Isabel" and anglicizing gives "Elizabeth" (the Portuguese news calls the current British queen "Isabel"). Has "Isabella" been commonly used in English history texts? A Geek Tragedy 18:40, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

I think because that is the way she is often referred to in many history books. In fact, if you look around, you'll see that Isabella, rather than Elisabeth, is generally used as an 'Anglicisation', so to speak, of Isabel or Isabelle - look at Isabella of France, or Isabella of Castile. I think it's just one of the many eccentricities of this remarkably inconsistent language of ours (or mine, anyway). Michaelsanders 19:27, 12 January 2007 (UTC)