Queen Isabella of Castille

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Indeed she was a great Queen. Isabella was the warrior Queen who fiercely fought the moors, even when she was with child. An ambitious and intelligent monarch that executed her goals successfully, she unified the Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon by marrying King Ferdinand and set Spain on the path of its organization, even until today. 

 
The Pope granted her the title of the Most Catholic Queen, and Ferdinand the most Catholic King, or as taught in Spanish,"Los Reyes Católicos de España". Why were they worthy of such title? Were the other monarchs of Europe less Catholic?  It was a noble Christian title earned at a very hard price. "La Reconquista" was not an easy task and many innocent lives where at stake.

In the Iberia peninsula, three monotheist religions had harmoniously coexisted for centuries. The La Alhambra in southern Spain was evidence of the infidel Moors advanced knowledge in architecture, art, science, and mathematics. Indeed they were! The Spanish language has inherited many Arabian words in its vocabulary. 

Some Jewish members of society had financed the voyages of Christopher Columbus. The Most Catholic King and Queen of Spain, as the true Christians were not to be implicated in business deals or to touch 'dirty' money. Only the Jews could, and for that reason they were hated, prosecuted and killed unjustly.

“La Reconquista” made Spain the one, true "Catholic" country. It is often said, 'Spain has always been more papist, than the Pope Himself‘ ... “La Reconquista” brought the infamous and ruthless Spanish Inquisition.  No other country in Europe had experienced anything close, even at the Vatican itself.  The Church could been known as the Holy Castilian Catholic and Apostolic Church.

Fanaticism and proselytism motivations seldom lead to anything but intolerance, hate and injustice. Fanatical beliefs created the Spanish Empire, on which the sun never set, into doom and decadence. Spain "discovered" America and got hold of its wealth before other European countries. Had Spain been less 'papist', they may have been the super power of Europe and the world today.

At the dawn of new world exploration, Spain was, “The Cinderella of Europe.” Today the Muslims and Jews are about their own “Reconquista”... as history repeats itself, there are no, Most Catholic King and Warrior Queen of Spain to strike back in defense of, 'The True Holy Faith,' from infidels. Nevertheless, Queen Isabella was a great strategist of war, politics, government, economy and religion. She was vested with an entrepreneurial spirit in sponsoring Columbus' voyages. She was a visionary and the true ruler of the kingdom, not her husband.