In March 1469, the future King Ferdinand II of Aragon and his father, King John II, had signed the Capitulaciones de Cervera, which stated that Ferdinand had the right to administer justice in Castile, but everything else would have to be agreed upon by Isabella. He was not even allowed to leave Castile without Isabella’s [read more]
Read part one here. Tragedy struck on 13 July 1491 when Afonso was crushed underneath his stumbling horse. Isabella and her mother-in-law Eleanor rushed to be by his side, but Afonso never regained consciousness. He died three hours after the accident. Isabella was so grief-stricken that she cut off her hair and wore a veil [read more]
The future Queen Isabella I of Castile had made a daring choice by marrying the future King Ferdinand II of Aragon against the wishes of her half-brother King Henry IV of Castile and even proudly displayed the bloodstained sheets to the waiting officials after the wedding night. Isabella and her half-brother had a volatile relationship [read more]
While the future Queen Isabella I of Castile was the first-born daughter of the marriage between King John II of Castile and Isabella of Portugal, she had three short-lived half-sisters from her father’s first marriage to Maria of Aragon. She also had one full brother, the future King Henry IV of Castile, and one half-brother, [read more]
On 19 September 1468, King Henry IV of Castile recognised his half-sister, the future Queen Isabella I of Castile, as the rightful heir to the throne of Castile over his daughter, Joanna. The Treaty of the Bulls of Guisando was agreed upon on top of the hill near the Bulls of Guisando. Isabella now officially [read more]
From 14 September 1504, Queen Isabella I of Castile officially withdrew from government affairs, and she no longer signed state papers. She had been greatly affected by the tragedies that had befallen her family in the past few years. The deaths of John and the stillbirth of his daughter, the death of her elder daughter [read more]
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