| “ | I ask and require of the Kings, my successors, that they may hold and retain the said city for themselves and in their own possession. | ” |
| — Isabella of Castile, 1504, Queen regnant of Castile and Leon. | ||
Source
edit- Jackson, William (1990). The Rock of the Gibraltarians. A History of Gibraltar (2nd ed.). Grendon, Northamptonshire, UK: Gibraltar Books. ISBN 0-948466-14-6.