Isabel I contra Felipe II

Recordada hasta hace poco como una traidora a su pueblo, Malintzin, la indígena que sirvió de traductora a Hernán Cortés durante la conquista de México, fue una mujer excepcional que logró abrirse camino en un mundo dominado por los hombres. 

El genio científico utilizó sus conocimientos para desarrollar máquinas de guerra con las que defender su ciudad natal, Siracusa, del asedio de Roma. 

Hace más de un siglo, en julio de 1921, el imprudente avance de las tropas españolas en territorio rifeño se saldó con una trágica derrota que se cobró la vida de más de 7.000 soldados. 

Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain's longest reigning monarch. 

She was never supposed to be queen. But in 1474, when Isabella of Castile’s half-brother King Enrique died, she seized her chance to take what was hers. And after holding onto the crown from Portuguese invaders, Isabella set out to do what no other Spanish monarch had been able t ... Show More

Tired of playing second fiddle, Isabella decided to turn on her husband and join forces with his enemies: the exiled barons. Together, they planned an invasion of England to take the throne from Edward II and install Isabella's young son as king... with Isabella as the ruling reg ... Show More

<p>We hear personal accounts of historical moments during the seventy year reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Memories from the Queen's maids of honour from her coronation in 1953; the huge race her horse very nearly won as well as the Windsor Castle fire and the opening to the public ... Show More

King Alfonson XII of Spain died without a male heir—but there was hope: his wife was six months pregnant. And as great fortune would have it, the Queen gave birth to a healthy baby boy, who would be Alfonso XIII. At the turn of the century, Spain was at a crossroads. It could eit ... Show More

The Spanish infanta Catalina of Aragon was raised to be a Queen, betrothed at the age of three to the heir apparent of the English throne, Arthur Prince of Wales. Eight years after Arthur's death, she became the first of Henry VIII's six wives. Catalina's mother - Queen Isabella ... Show More