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Ferdinand II [b] (10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), called Ferdinand the Catholic, was King of Aragon from 1479 until his death in 1516. As the husband and co-ruler of Queen Isabella I of Castile , he was also King of Castile from 1475 to 1504 (as Ferdinand V ).
She was the lover of King Ferdinand II of Aragon before his marriage to Princess Isabella I of Castille. Her and Ferdinand's son, Alonso de Aragón , was Ferdinand's only son to outlive himself and his only extramarital son, and was the abbot of the Monastery of Montearagón from 1492 to 1520, Archbishop of Zaragoza , Archbishop of Valencia ...
Isabella succeeded to the throne of Castile in 1474 when Ferdinand was still heir-apparent to Aragon, and with Aragon's aid, Isabella's claim to the throne was secured. As Isabella's husband was king of Castile by his marriage and his father still ruled in Aragon, Ferdinand spent more time in Castile than Aragon at the beginning of their marriage.
Isabella was born in Madrigal de las Altas Torres to King John II of Castile and his second wife, Isabella of Portugal, on 22 April 1451. [6] At the time of Isabella's birth, she was second in line to the throne after her older half-brother Henry. [5]
Joanna's husband, Philip, was unwilling to accept any threat to his chances of ruling Castile and also minted coins in the name of "Philip and Joanna, King and Queen of Castile, Léon and Archdukes of Austria, etc." [8]: 315 In response, Ferdinand embarked upon a pro-French policy, marrying Germaine de Foix, niece of Louis XII of France (and ...
The couple did not have another child. If John had lived, or if they had another son, the Crown of Aragon would have split from the Crown of Castile again, after being semi-united by the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella. [6] On 28 January 1513, the King granted his wife the Viscounty of Castellbó, a former possession of her family, the House ...
This family tree shows some of Ferdinand and Isabella's descendants (mainly the Spanish Habsburgs, some Austrian Habsburg and Louis XIII and XIV of France are also present). Ferdinand II of Aragon's marriage to Isabella I of Castile produced seven children, five of whom survived birth and lived to adulthood. They arranged strategic political ...
Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, daughter of Alfonso II of Naples and Ippolita Maria Sforza. She was wife of Gian Galeazzo Sforza; Isabella I of Castile, daughter of John II of Castile and Isabel of Portugal. Queen consort of Ferdinand II of Aragon, also known as Isabella I of Aragon