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Encyclopedia > Isabella of Asturias

Isabella of Asturias (1470–1498) was the Queen Consort of Portugal and the eldest daughter and heiress presumptive of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile. King George V of the United Kingdom and his consort, Queen Mary A queen consort is the wife and consort of a reigning king. ... Ferdinand II the Catholic (Spanish: , Catalan: Ferran dAragó el Catòlic) (March 10, 1452 – June 23, 1516) was king of Aragon, Castile, Sicily, Naples, Valencia, Sardinia and Navarre and Count of Barcelona. ... Isabella of Castile Isabella of Castile (April 22, 1451 – November 26, 1504) was queen of Castile and Aragon. ...


Isabella married in 1490 Afonso, Infante of Portugal, the heir of John II of Portugal; he died shortly afterwards in a hunting accident in 1495. She then in 1497 married King Manuel I of Portugal who was Afonso's uncle and John II's successor on that throne. At the 1497 death of her only brother, she became Princess of Asturias as she was recognized as the heir of Castilian kingdom. In 1498 she gave birth to Miguel da Paz, who died two years later. She died in childbirth. Manuel's chance to become king-consort of Spain vanished with Isabella's death, and any hope of uniting all Iberian kingdoms vanished at Miguel's death. John II of Portugal João II of Portugal (Portuguese pron. ... Manuel I of Portugal (pron. ... Miguel da Paz of Portugal (English (lit. ...


After 1500, Joan the Mad (Isabella's next sister and Miguel's aunt) became the heiress of Spain, eventually bringing those kingdoms to the Habsburgs. However, the union took place about a hundred years later, in 1580, when the Habsburg king, Philip II of Spain, grandson of Joan the Mad and grandson of Manuel of Portugal, annexed Portugal and its dominions. Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy; also used as the flag of the Austrian Empire until the Ausgleich of 1867. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


Isabella's sister, Maria of Aragon, married Isabella's husband and gave birth to eight children. Mary of Aragon or Mary of Spain or even Mary of Castile (June 29, 1482-March 7, 1517) was an Aragonese princess, second wife of Portuguese King Manuel I and because of that queen consort of Portugal from 1500 until her death. ...

Preceded by:
Juan de Aragon
Princess of Asturias
1497–1498
Succeeded by:
Infante Miguel of Portugal


 

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