Queen of Castile and León. Married to Ferdinand. Together they financed Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage. Their daughter Catherine was Henry VIII's first wife. Their grandson (not Catherine's child, sadly), Charles V Holy Roman Emperor, unified Spain.
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