Isabella in Popular Culture
- In the 2007 film Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Isabella appeared in a minor role at the side of her father, Philip II of Spain, at the time of the attempted invasion of England by the Spanish Armada in 1588. The movie portrays Isabella as Philip's choice to replace Elizabeth on the throne of England. She was portrayed by actress Aimee King as a young girl rather than as the correct age of nineteen years old.
- Infanta Isabella is a minor character in the alternate history 1632 series, notably in the novel, 1634: The Bavarian Crisis. (She lives several years longer than in actual history.)
- In the 2002 history novel Ruled Britannia, in an alternate universe where Philip's Spanish Armada and his mission to return the Kingdom of England to the fold of the Roman Catholic Church are successful, Isabella is made queen while the Protestant Elizabeth I is deposed and imprisoned in the Tower of London.
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