Infanta Isabella of Spain

Queen Isabella was a daughter of King Philip II of Spain in 1588. When Philip's forces conquered England that year, Isabella was installed as Queen of England. She married the Austrian Prince Albert, her cousin and fellow Hapsburg, who became King of England through her.

She restored Catholicism as the kingdom's official state religion. (Her Protestant predecessor, Queen Elizabeth, had made Protestantism the official state religion, restoring that status to it after her own predecessor, Queen Mary Tudor had elevated Catholicism following Henry VIII's favoritism of the Protestant sect which he had created over Catholicism.)

Isabella was overthrown in 1598 when the English, under the leadership of Robert Cecil, revolted against her government and restored Elizabeth to the throne. She and Albert narrowly escaped England with their lives.