Read part one here. The journey to Nice lasted 49 days, and the fleet stopped several times along the way. One stop was rather long due to a storm. Beatrice finally arrived on 29 September, and she awaited the arrival of Charles. Chroniclers did not speak particularly well about Charles’s appearance. In 1530, one of [read more]
Beatrice of Portugal was born on 31 December 1504 as the daughter of King Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife, Maria of Aragon. She was born in the old Alcáçova in Lisbon. Shortly before Beatrice was born, her grandmother, Queen Isabella I of Castile, had passed away. This news was hidden from her [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]
Read part one here. After a proxy wedding, Maria left Castile as Queen of Portugal on 23 September 1500. Her parents travelled with her to Santa Fe, where they said their goodbyes. She would never see them again. Maria entered Portugal through the town of Mouro on 20 October 1500. She met her new husband [read more]
Maria of Aragon was born on 29 June 1482 as the daughter of Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. Her mother had been pregnant with twins, and Maria’s twin was stillborn a day and a half later. It is unclear if her twin was a boy or a girl. Maria [read more]
Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma and his wife Maria of Portugal were reinterred yesterday after having been exhumed in 2020 to investigate a theory that the Duke had been poisoned. They were both exhumed, as they were buried together. Their remains were returned to the crypt of the Santa Maria della Steccata around 4 P.M. [read more]
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