On 16 December 1485, Queen Isabella I of Castile gave birth to her final child – Catherine – at the Palace of Alcalá de Henares. At the time of her birth, she had four living siblings: Isabella, John, Joanna and Maria. Catherine was received with “great delight”, and a banquet was hosted in her honour. [read more]
Following the death of her half-brother, King Henry IV of Castile, Isabella knew she had to act quickly. She received the news on 12 December and acted as the chief mourner at the Cathedral of Segovia, wearing all black. Within hours of being informed of his death, letters were being sent out informing the cities [read more]
At the end of December 1473, King Henry IV of Castile had several meetings with his half-sister Isabella in Segovia. He agreed to meet with her at the Alcazar, which was reportedly quite cordial. Isabella had gone from his chosen heiress to a repudiated heiress in the last years, and their relationship had been complicated. [read more]
The Spanish Inquisition was established by King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile in 1478. They were given a Papal Bull by Pope Sixtus IV, and they first used to appoint two inquisitors in 1480 in Seville to seek out heretics. It focused mainly on those who had been forced to [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]
Read part two here. Joanna’s husband and father conspired to keep her from public view, and Philip planned to rule over Joanna’s Kingdom of Castile himself. People were led to believe that Joanna was mentally ill and could not govern. Things took a shocking turn when Philip died suddenly, leaving Joanna pregnant and widowed but [read more]
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