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Isabella of Asturias 

Isabella of Castile
Princess of Asturias; Queen consort of Portugal
and the Algarves
of either side of the sea in Africa
(more...)
Consort 1497 - 1498
Consort to Afonso, Prince of Portugal
Manuel I
Issue
Miguel, Prince of Asturias and Portugal
Royal house House of Trastámara
Father Ferdinand II of Aragon
Mother Isabella I of Castile
Born 2 October 1470(1470-10-02)
Died 28 August 1498 (aged 27)
Castilian and Leonese royalty
House of Trastámara

Henry II and I of Leon
Children include
   John I
   Eleanor, Queen of Navarre
John I
Children include
   Henry III of Castile and II of Leon)
   Ferdinand I of Aragon, Valencia and Sicily
Henry III and II of Leon
Children include
   John II
   Maria, Queen of Aragon, Valencia, Sicily and Naples
John II
Children include
   Henry IV of Castile and III of Leon
   Isabella I
   Alfonso, Prince of Asturias
Henry IV and III of Leon
Children
   Joan, Queen of Portugal
Isabella I with Ferdinand V
Children
   Isabella, Queen of Portugal
   Juan, Prince of Asturias
   Joanna I
   Maria, Queen of Portugal
   Catherine, Queen of England
Joanna

Isabella, Princess of Asturias (2 October 1470 – 28 August 1498) was the Queen Consort of Portugal and the eldest daughter and heiress presumptive of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile. Her younger sisters were Catherine, Queen of England, Queen Joanna I of Castile, and Maria, Queen of Portugal.

Isabella
Isabella

In 1490 Isabella married Afonso, Crown Prince of Portugal, the heir of John II of Portugal. Though it was an arranged marriage, Isabella and Afonso quickly fell in love, and Isabel was grief-stricken when he died in 1491: sent home to her parents by John II, she declared that she would never marry again, and would enter a convent. Her parents ignored this, and in 1497 she was married to Manuel I of Portugal, Afonso's uncle and John II's successor. In the same year, she became Princess of Asturias and heiress of Castile, following the death of her only brother, John. In 1498, she herself died in child-birth, giving birth to Miguel da Paz, who was heir to the thrones of Castile and Portugal until his death in 1500. Manuel's chance to become king of Castile vanished with Isabella's death, and the main hope of uniting all Iberian kingdoms vanished at Miguel's death. Manuel then married Isabella's younger sister, Maria of Aragon, who bore him his son and heir John III. Portugal and Spain would themselves be united from 1580 -1640, when Manuel and Maria's grandson (by their daughter Isabella and Charles I of Spain), Philip II of Spain, successfully claimed Portugal.

Ancestors

Isabella's ancestors in three generations'
Isabella of Aragon Father:
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Paternal Grandfather:
John II of Aragon
Paternal Great-Grandfather:
Ferdinand I of Aragon
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Eleanor of Alburquerque
Paternal Grandmother:
Juana Enríquez
Paternal Great-Grandfather:
Frederick Henriques, Conde de Melgar
Paternal Great-Grandmother:
Mariana de Córdoba
Mother:
Isabella I of Castile
Maternal Grandfather:
John II of Castile
Maternal Great-Grandfather:
Henry III of Castile
Maternal Great-Grandmother:
Katherine of Lancaster
Maternal Grandmother:
Infanta Isabel of Portugal
Maternal Great-grandfather:
Infante João of Portugal
Maternal Great-Grandmother:
Isabella of Braganza

Titles from birth to death

  • The Princess of Asturias (1470–1478)
  • The Infanta Isabella (1478–1490)
  • The Princess of Portugal (1490–1491)
  • The Dowager Princes of Portugal (1491–1497)
  • The Queen of Portugal (1497–1498)
Isabella, Princess of Asturias (1470–1498)
Born: 1470 Died: 1498
Portuguese royalty
Preceded by
Leonor of Viseu
Queen Consort of Portugal
1497–1498
Succeeded by
Maria of Aragon
Preceded by
Leonor of Viseu
Princess of Portugal
as spouse of the Prince
1490–1491
Succeeded by
Eleanor of Mendoza
Spanish nobility
Preceded by
Isabella, Princess of Aragon
Princess of Asturias
1470–1478
Succeeded by
Prince Juan
Preceded by
Prince Juan
Princess of Asturias
1497–1498
Succeeded by
Miguel, Prince of Portugal
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