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Ferdinand was born on 10 March 1452, in the town of Sos del Rey Católico, Kingdom of Aragon, as the son of John II of Aragon (whose family was a cadet branch of the House of Trastámara) by his second wife, Juana Enríquez. [3]
She was the royal mistress of King Ferdinand II of Aragon, with whom she also had children, among them Alonso de Aragón. [1] She was already the mistress of the king at the time of his marriage in 1468. She was married to a courtier, and attended court officially as the wife of her courtier-husband.
The Catholic Monarchs [a] [b] were Queen Isabella I of Castile (r. 1474–1504) [1] and King Ferdinand II of Aragon (r. 1479–1516), whose marriage and joint rule marked the de facto unification of Spain. [2]
Ferdinand I of Aragon [110] 4. John II of Aragon [107] 9. Eleanor of Alburquerque [111] 2. Ferdinand II of Aragon: 10. Fadrique Enríquez [112] 5. Juana Enríquez [107] 11. Mariana Fernández de Córdoba [113] 1. Catherine of Aragon: 12. Henry III of Castile [110] 6. John II of Castile [108] 13. Catherine of Lancaster [108] 3. Isabella I of ...
Isabella, Princess of Asturias (2 October 1470 – 23 August 1498), also known as Isabella of Aragon, was the eldest child and heiress presumptive of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile. She was Queen of Portugal as the wife of King Manuel I from 30 September 1497 until her death the following year.
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 ...
King Ferdinand II, Isabella's widower and Joanna's father, thus lost control of the countries that he had only ruled jure uxoris (Latin: "by right of [his] wife"). [5] [6] His main concern was that with his own death, the Crown of Aragon would also be inherited by Joanna and Philip, passing most of the Iberian peninsula to the House of Habsburg.
In addition, Isabella I of Castile, wife of Ferdinand II of Aragon, was descended from both De Guzmán and Maria: Henry II of Castile's grandson, Henry III of Castile, married Peter of Castile's granddaughter, Catherine of Lancaster; their son, John II of Castile, was the father of Isabella I of Castile.