Isabel [DVD]

ISABEL: Isabel I of Castile (1451-1504) was a woman who changed the destiny of Spain. The queen took the reins of a country to which she gave economic stability while making herself respected as a queen and as a woman. Separated from her sick mother, Isabel is forced to live at the court of her half-brother, King Henry IV of Castile, and suffers the loss of her brother Alfonso, who preceded her in the line of succession to the crown. Destined to marry at a young age, Isabel rejects all marriage proposals and defends her right to choose a husband, even putting her BROKEN CROWN in danger: After Isabel's death, there are times of uncertainty and struggle for power. Philip the Fair and Ferdinand of Aragon dispute the crown of Castile, leaving aside Juana, who is the heir to the throne, but becomes a victim of his political manipulations. CHARLES, KING EMPEROR: The young Charles of Habsburg comes to the Iberian Peninsula to take charge of the kingdoms he has inherited. A foreigner in Castile and Aragon, whose languages he ignores, and surrounded by a court that does not hide its greed, Carlos is received with great distrust. His own and other people's mistakes earn him the enmity of his vassals. After his grandfather Maximilian died, Charles was elected emperor, an honor for which he had to pay a high price.