Read part one here. Joanna was the third child of the Catholic Monarchs, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. Married to the Philip Duke of Burgundy in 1496, she was destined to live out her days in the Low Countries and bear children for the Habsburg dynasty. Joanna’s life changed suddenly [read more]
On 6 November 1479, Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon welcomed a new child to their growing family, a little girl named Joanna. Joanna was healthy and beautiful, with strawberry-blonde hair and blue eyes. As the third child, Joanna was not the heir to either of her parents’ thrones and [read more]
Read part one here. After being installed as governor on 5 July 1531, Mary moved her court to Brussels and sold her aunt’s palace to the city of Mechelen. Perhaps one of her biggest challenges was her personal sympathy for Protestantism, but she had to remain opposed to it publicly. Charles could be cruel to [read more]
Mary of Austria was born on 15 September 1505 at the Coudenberg Palace in Brussels as the daughter of Queen Joanna and King Philip I of Castile. She was their third daughter and fifth child and the first to be born after Joanna’s accession as Queen regnant of Castile. Her siblings were Eleanor (later Queen [read more]
Catherine, or Catalina, of Austria was born on 14 January 1507 as the daughter of Queen Joanna of Castile and King Philip I of Castile, by right of his wife. Her father had died on 25 September 1506, and she was born as his funeral procession rested in Torquemada for three months. It had been [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]
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