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Isabella and Ferdinand with their daughter, Joanna, c. 1482. Isabella and Ferdinand had seven children, five of whom survived to adulthood: [119] Isabella (1470–1498) [120] married, firstly, to Afonso, Prince of Portugal, no issue. [121] Married, secondly, to Manuel I of Portugal, had Miguel da Paz, who died before his second birthday.
Felipe VI of Spain and Henri of Luxembourg are both descended in the male line from Philip V of Spain, whose grandmother Maria Theresa of Spain was a male-line descendant of Ferdinand and Isabella's daughter Joanna the Mad. Many other paths are possible to find due to interbreeding. Philippe of Belgium is also a descent multiple time over.
Joanna with her parents, Isabella and Ferdinand; "Rimado de la conquista de Granada", by Pedro Marcuello, c. 1482 Joanna was born on 6 November 1479 in the city of Toledo in the Kingdom of Castile .
After Isabella's death in 1504, Ferdinand was advised to marry Joanna in order to retain control of Castile, rather than have his son-in-law Philip succeed there. In response to the marriage plan, Manuel I moved Joanna to the royal court and placed her under guard, wanting to remain on friendly terms with Philip I. [48]
The court of Ferdinand and Isabella was constantly on the move, in order to bolster local support for the crown from local feudal lords. The title of "Catholic King and Queen" was officially bestowed on Ferdinand and Isabella by Pope Alexander VI in 1494, [4] in recognition of their defence of the Catholic faith within their realms.
Construction occurred during the lifetime of King Ferdinand, and the Chapel flourished under his successor Emperor Charles V, with the church decorated, and the supporting institution being enhanced. [3] The Capilla Real was the mausoleum of the Spanish royal family until the founding of El Escorial by Philip II. [4]
Joanna of Aragon (Spanish: Juana, Italian: Giovanna; 16 June 1455 – 9 January 1517) was Queen of Naples as the second wife of King Ferdinand I.She served as regent (General Lieutenant) of Naples between the abdication and flight of her husband's son Alfonso II on 22 February 1495 until the formal succession of Alfonso's son, Ferdinand II.
Ferdinand the Catholic swearing the fueros as the Lord of Biscay at Guernica in 1476 Columbus soliciting aid of Ferdinand's wife Isabella. The first years of Ferdinand and Isabella's joint rule saw the Spanish conquest of the Emirate of Granada, the last Islamic al-Andalus entity on the Iberian peninsula, completed in 1492. [4] [7]