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Isabella is a feminine given name, the Latinate and Italian form of Isabel, the Spanish form, Isabelle, the French form, and Isobel, the Scottish form of the name Elizabeth. All are ultimately derived from the Hebrew Elisheba , meaning God is my oath .
This set of names is a Spanish variant of the Hebrew name Elisheba through Latin and Greek represented in English and other European languages as Elisabeth. [2] [3] These names are derived from the Latin and Greek renderings of the Hebrew name based on both etymological and contextual evidence (the use of Isabel as a translation of the name of the mother of John the Baptist). [4]
Isabella Lucy Bishop FRGS (née Bird; 15 October 1831 – 7 October 1904) was an English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Alongside fellow Englishwoman Fanny Jane Butler , she founded the John Bishop Memorial Hospital in Srinagar in modern-day Kashmir . [ 4 ]
Isobel is the Scottish form of the female given name Isabel. It originates from the medieval form of the name Elisabeth (Hebrew Elisheba). People named Isobel include: Isobel of Huntingdon (1199-1251), Scottish royalty; Isobel Baillie (1895-1983), Scottish operatic soprano; Isobel Barnett (1918-1980), British radio and television personality
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains is a travel book by British explorer Isabella Bird, describing her 1873 trip to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the on the frontier of the United States. The book is a compilation of letters that Bird wrote to her sister, Henrietta, and was published in October 1879 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] by John Murray .
Seal of Isabella of Angoulême (Municipal Archives, Angoulême) Isabella (French: Isabelle d'Angoulême, IPA: [izabɛl dɑ̃ɡulɛm]; c. 1186 [1] / 1188 [2] – 4 June 1246) was Queen of England from 1200 to 1216 as the second wife of King John, Countess of Angoulême in her own right from 1202 until her death in 1246, and Countess of La Marche from 1220 to 1246 as the wife of Count Hugh.
Isabella Rossellini puts down her fork, straightens her back and shows me how she nailed a pivotal moment in her new movie, “Conclave,” a Vatican-set thriller that unfolds a world away from ...
Isabella's younger brother Alfonso was born two years later on 17 November 1453, demoting her position to third in line. [7] When her father died in 1454, her half-brother ascended to the throne as King Henry IV. Isabella and her brother Alfonso were left in King Henry's care. [8] Isabella, Alfonso, and their mother then moved to Arévalo. [5] [9]