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==Sobriquets== She came to be known by the [[List of monarchs by nickname|sobriquets]] of ''the Traditional Queen'' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''la Reina Castiza''),{{Refn|group=n.|Due to her fondness for traditional Spanish cultural expressions in connection with {{ill|Casticismo|es|lt=}} and {{ill|Casticismo madrileño|es|lt=}}.<ref>Vanity Fair (10 October 2020): [https://www.revistavanityfair.es/realeza/articulos/reina-isabel-ii-espana-francisco-asis-borbon/47105 «Isabel II de España: la reina que tuvo 12 hijos sin consumar su matrimonio»]</ref>}} and ''the Queen of Sad Mischance'' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''la de los Tristes Destinos'').{{Refn|group=n.|After the 1907 work by [[Benito Pérez Galdós]], {{ill|La de los tristes destinos|es|lt=''La de los tristes destinos''}}, part of the ''[[Episodios Nacionales]]''. The use of the name in reference to Isabella II, however, dates back to 4 July 1865, when [[Antonio Aparisi Guijarro]]<ref>El Diario Montañés (22 July 2008): [http://www.eldiariomontanes.es/20080722/opinion/articulos/isabel-tristes-destinos-20080722.html «Isabel II: 'la de los tristes destinos'»]</ref> took the nickname from a verse in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]''. Thus, in Act IV-Scene IV, Queen Margaret tells Queen Elizabeth: ::'''Farewell, York’s wife, and queen of sad mischance: These English woes shall make me smile in France'''. [[Antonio Aparisi Guijarro|Aparisi Guijarro]] made a reference to Isabella II in such a predictive fashion during a [[Cortes Generales|parliamentary session]] discussing the recognition of the [[Kingdom of Italy]].{{Sfn|Vilches|2006|p=776}}}}
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