Isabella was Ferdinand and Isabella’s first born

and lived from 2nd October 1470 until 28th August

1498. Isabella married Afonso, Crown Prince of

Portugal in 1490, but unfortunately he died the

following year.

Her parents persuaded her to re-marry in 1497, the

groom was her late husband’s uncle who was now

Manuel I of Portugal. The following year Isabella

died during childbirth. Her son Miguel da Paz did

not survive childhood.

Catholic Monarchs Descendants

Ferdinand and Isabella’s third child was named Joan.

She was born on 6th November 1479 and died on

12th April 1555.

In 1496 Juana was sent away to marry Philip the

Handsome, Duke of Burgundy and son of the Holy

Roman Emperor Maximilian I. Joan would have six

children with Philip, including two sons that would

both become Holy Roman Emperors.

Joan and Philip’s children were – Eleanor, Charles V, Holy

Roman Emperor, Isabella, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman

Emperor, Mary, Catherine.

John was Ferdinand and

Isabella’s second child and

their only son. He was born

on 28th June 1478 and died

on 4th October 1497. Juan

was married to Margaret of

Austria in 1497, but died

before the birth of their first

child who was stillborn. .

Ferdinand and Isabella’s

fourth child was Maria who

was born on 29th June

1482 and died on 7th

March 1517. After the

death of her eldest sister

Isabella Maria was married

to her former brother in

law Manuel I of Portugal.

Maria and Manuel had nine

children, of whom eight

survived childhood and

they can count Kings and

Cardinals among their

descendants.

Ferdinand and Isabella’s fifth child

was Catherine who was born on

16th December 1485 and died on 7

January 1536. Catherine was

married to Arthur, Prince of Wales

in 1501, but Arthur died in 1502

leaving Catherine a widow.

It was then decided that Catherine

would marry Arthur’s younger

brother Henry and in 1509 they

married and were both crowned

King and Queen of England.

Catherine had six pregnancies, but

the children would be stillborns or

would die after a few days all

except one – Mary.

Mary would become Queen Mary I of

England but would be unable to

have any children and so

Catherine’s line of descendants

would end with her daughter.