On 30 June 1478, Queen Isabella I of Castile finally got her wish after a daughter and a miscarriage – a healthy son was born. He was named John or Juan. He would later be joined by another three sisters. Nine days after his birth, John was carried by a governess in a procession with [read more]
Maria of Aragon was born on 29 June 1482 as the daughter of Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. Her mother had been pregnant with twins, and Maria’s twin was stillborn a day and a half later. It is unclear if her twin was a boy or a girl. Maria [read more]
Read part one here. However, Maria now also wished to see her mother despite her brother’s attempt to persuade her. She had renounced all possibilities of a marriage, forcing her brother to make another decision. She “decided to remain single and in the kingdom, in the midst of her friends, her books and the poor, [read more]
Maria of Portugal was born on 18 June 1521, the daughter of King Manuel I of Portugal and Eleanor of Austria. Her father had been married twice before, to Isabella of Aragon and Maria of Aragon, who were Eleanor’s aunts. Maria had half-siblings from both these marriages, although some had predeceased her. She also had [read more]
Queen Isabella’s first child and namesake daughter had been born before she succeeded her half-brother as Queen. However, a second pregnancy was not quite so quick to happen. Her first child was born on 2 October 1470, and for several years, she consulted doctors, prayed at sanctuaries and sought the intervention of saints. She also [read more]
During her youth, several suitors had been considered for the future Queen Isabella I of Castile. In 1466, one of the rebels suggested a marriage with Isabella as the best way to get his family’s loyalty back. In this plan, Isabella was to marry Pedro Girón Acuña Pacheco, who was also 18 years her senior. [read more]
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