Isabella II

noun

1. Isabella II18301904FSpanishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1830–1904, queen of Spain (1833–68), whose accession precipitated the first Carlist war (1833–39). She was deposed in a revolution

Example Sentences

Over time, the general public was sparingly permitted access to pieces of the park, until Queen Isabella II was deposed by La Gloria — the Spanish revolution — in 1868, and all of the park’s wonders finally became open to everyone.

From Washington Post

In one photo, a model wears the dress that Anna Paquin wore as Isabella II, the slave-owning Spanish queen in “Amistad”; her hot-pink nail polish is an electric anachronism.

From The New Yorker

But if there’s a star attraction in this subterranean gallery, it’s Pius IX’s tiara, which was a gift from Queen Isabella II of Spain.

From Washington Post

On the 14th of November 1843 he was appointed ambassador at the court of the young Spanish queen Isabella II.

From Project Gutenberg

It was it that gave a prize for the best poem on the birth of the princess who was to become Isabella II of Spain; a prize which was won by a lad of sixteen.

From Project Gutenberg