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Isabella of Castile would not just forge a pathway for women leaders across Europe, but arguably launch the Spanish Empire, transforming Spain along with her husband Ferdinand, albeit with much pain, into the unified country it is today. She also was mother to queens’ whose legacies would alter Europe for centuries. Born into the House of Trastámara in 1451 she married her 2nd cousin Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469, giving birth to 7 children, 5 of whom survived childhood; Catalina, Juana, Maria, Is