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Homethe year of isabella I of castile

the year of isabella I of castile

Isabella prays as portrayed in Isabel
Isabella I of Castile

Queen Isabella I of Castile – The attempted alliance with Pedro Girón

Thursday, 2 May 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
During her youth, several suitors had been considered for the future Queen Isabella I of Castile. In 1466, one of the rebels suggested a marriage with Isabella as the best way to get his family’s loyalty back. In this plan, Isabella was to marry Pedro Girón Acuña Pacheco, who was also 18 years her senior. [read more]
Isabella portrayed as a child in Isabel
Isabella I of Castile

Queen Isabella I of Castile – The early years of Isabella

Monday, 22 April 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
The future Queen Isabella I of Castile was born on 22 April 1451 as the eldest child of King John II of Castile and his second wife, Isabella of Portugal. From his first marriage, her father had one surviving son, the future King Henry IV. He was 26 years older than his newborn half-sister. Nevertheless, [read more]
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Isabella I of Castile

Queen Isabella I of Castile – The attempted alliance with King Afonso V of Portugal

Friday, 12 April 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
By 1463, the future Queen Isabella was 12 years old and of marriageable age. At the time, both her brothers were still alive, but even then, any man who would marry her would become one of the most powerful men in the country. Her half-brother, King Henry IV, sought the support of Portugal while the [read more]
Joan as portrayed in Isabel
Joan of Portugal

Joan of Portugal – A Queen in an impossible situation (Part four)

Monday, 8 April 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Read part three here. While at Alaejos, Joan fell in love with Archbishop Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa’s nephew, Pedro de Castilla y Fonseca. Pedro was a descendant of King Peter of Castile through his illegitimate son, Diego. He was ten years younger than her, and Joan became pregnant. However, her pregnancy, or at least [read more]
Joan as portrayed in Isabel
Joan of Portugal

Joan of Portugal – A Queen in an impossible situation (Part three)

Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Read part two here. It is unclear if the stillbirth of their son caused the relationship between Joan and Henry to deteriorate. However, Joan chose to focus her energy on a marital alliance with Portugal. Sometime in April 1464, her sister-in-law, Isabella, found herself on the way to the Portuguese border to meet with the [read more]
Margaret in premature labour as portrayed in Isabel
Margaret of Austria (1480 - 1530)

Queen Isabella I of Castile – “She offered us a dead child”

Tuesday, 2 April 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
On 19 March 1497, Queen Isabella’s only son, John, married Margaret of Austria in person. They had to wait two weeks to consummate the marriage as it was Lent. They took to each other immediately, and physicians began to worry about the time the couple spent in bed together. Margaret wrote home to her father [read more]

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