John, Prince of Asturias

John
Prince of Asturias
Spouse	Archduchess Margaret of Austria
House	House of Trastámara
Father	Ferdinand II of Aragon
Mother	Isabella I of Castile
Born	28 June 1478(1478-06-28)
Died	4 October 1497 (aged 19)

Castilian and Leonese royalty
House of Trastámara

Henry II Children include    John I    Eleanor, Queen of Navarre John I Children include    Henry III    Ferdinand I of Aragon, Valencia and Sicily Henry III and II of Leon Children include    John II    Maria, Queen of Aragon, Valencia, Sicily and Naples John II Children include    Henry IV    Isabella I    Alfonso, Prince of Asturias Henry IV and III of Leon Children    Joan, Queen of Portugal Isabella I with Ferdinand V Children    Isabella, Queen of Portugal    John, Prince of Asturias    Joanna the Mad    Maria, Queen of Portugal    Catherine, Queen of England Joanna

John, Prince of Asturias, (Seville, 28 June 1478 – 4 October 1497) was the only son of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon who survived to adulthood.

Isabella and Ferdinand, together with their cousin, Duke Francis II of Brittany, planned the alliance of their respective heirs, John and Anne, but didn't eventually pursue this project, perhaps because of John's poor constitution.

At the age of 18 John married Archduchess Margaret of Austria (1480-1530) in the Cathedral of Burgos in April, 1497. Six months later, on the way to the wedding of his older sister in Portugal, he died in Salamanca, possibly from tuberculosis. His wife was left pregnant and later gave birth to a stillborn child. John's death, followed closely by those of his elder sister Isabella and her only child led to the inheritance of the Spanish kingdoms by the Habsburgs, descendants of his younger sister Joanna, who had married the Archduchess Margaret's brother, Philip the Handsome.

In 1492, Columbus named the newly discovered island of Cuba Isla Juana in deference to Prince Juan, at that time the heir apparent.^[1]

Ancestors

Francisco Pradilla Ortiz's painting "Cortejo del bautizo del Príncipe Don Juan, hijo de los Reyes Católicos, por las calles de Sevilla" (Retinue of the Baptism of Don Juan, son of the Catholic Monarchs, Along the Streets of Seville), 1910

References

1. ^ Andrea A.J., Overfield O.H. (2005). The Human Record, Vol 1; Letter by Christopher Columbus concerning recently discovered islands. Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 8. ISBN 0-618-37040-4. 

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