Isabelline (colour)
Isabelline, or Isabella Palomino, is a term applied to very pale
palomino horses whose coat colour is cream, pale yellow or almost white. It is sometimes also applied tocremellos of a more creamy type colour.Overview
According to popular legend, the name comes from Isabella, Archduchess of Austria (
1566 –1633 ), daughter ofPhilip II of Spain (1527 –1598 ). Her husband,Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (1559 –1621 ) laid siege toOstend in July1601 and Isabella, expecting a quick victory, vowed not to change her underwear until the city was taken. The siege lasted a little over three years (ending in September1604 ) and her underwear understandably became discoloured in the interval.This origin is demonstrably false, as the word was in use before 1601. In
1600 , QueenElizabeth I of England 's wardrobe inventory included "one rounde gowne of Isabella-colour satten [...] set with silver bangles". A more plausible, though probably still false, version refers to the much earlierIsabella I of Castile , the Catholic (1451 –1504 ) and the eight-month siege ofGranada byFerdinand II of Aragon (1452 –1516 ). This siege ended in January1492 and again resulted in overworn underwear belonging to Isabella.In French ("isabelle") and German ("Isabella"), the colour refers to a
cremello orpalomino horse. The name may derived from the Arabic word "izah" meaning "lion " and, by extension, "lion-coloured".The term is also found in
ornithology :Isabelline Wheatear andIsabelline Shrike .In Popular Culture
* An isabella palomino stallion called Thowra and his descendants starred in the series
The Silver Brumby byElyne Mitchell
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