John of Aragon and Castile

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John of Aragon and Castile (born June 28, 1478 in Seville , † October 4, 1497 in Salamanca ), Prince of Asturias from the House of Trastámara , was the only son of the Catholic kings Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragón . He was married to Margaret of Austria , the daughter of the Roman-German King Maximilian I , but died six months after the marriage.

Marriage negotiations

After the invasion of Italy by the French King Charles VIII and his threat to Naples , which belonged to the area of ​​interest of the House of Aragón, an envoy Ferdinand of Aragon concluded an alliance with the Roman-German King Maximilian I on January 20, 1495 in Antwerp - Preliminary contract in which a wedding between Infante Johann (Juan) and Maximilian's daughter Margarete was agreed. Maximilian's son Philipp was also to be married to the Infanta Johanna (Juana). This treaty was the preliminary stage for the formation of the Holy League with Pope Alexander VI. , Ferdinand of Aragon, the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Milan . On November 5, 1495, a treaty on the double wedding was ratified in Mechelen , and Johann and Margarete were married by procuram . Another contract for the planned double wedding was signed on January 3, 1496 by Maximilian in Nördlingen and by Ferdinand von Aragón in Ulldecona .

Marriage and death

The actual wedding of the Spanish heir to the throne with seventeen-year-old Margaret did not take place until April 3, 1497 in Burgos . Johann was very much in love with his wife. On a joint trip to Portugal on the occasion of the wedding of Johann's older sister Isabella , he was attacked by a violent fever. He also dictated a will in which he established Margarete's unborn child as heir before he died of a febrile infection in Salamanca on October 4 or 6 . Rumors circulated that he had made love to death in his wife. His body was transferred from Salamanca to Ávila , where he was buried in the monastery church of Santo Tomás el Real . A few weeks after Johann's death, Margarete gave birth to a stillborn child.

Johann was the designated heir to the throne as the only son of Ferdinand and Isabella. Due to his death and the absence of an heir from his connection with Margarete, as well as the death of Johann's older sister Isabella in 1498 and her son Miguel da Paz in 1500, the succession went to Johanna, the wife of Philip the Beautiful and thus later to the House of Habsburg over.

ancestors

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ferdinand I of Aragón (1380-1416)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 John II of Aragón (1397–1479)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Eleonore Urraca of Castile (1374–1435)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452–1516)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Fadrique Enríquez († 1473)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Juana Enríquez (1425–1468)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Maria Fernández de Córdoba
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 John of Aragon and Castile (1478–1497)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Henry III. of Castile (1379–1406)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 John II of Castile (1405-1454)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Catherine of Lancaster (1373-1418)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Isabella I of Castile (1451–1504)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 John of Portugal (1400–1442)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Isabella of Portugal (1428–1496)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Isabella of Braganza (1402–1465)
 
 
 
 
 
 

various

The two sons of Christopher Columbus , Diego and Fernando Columbus , were Johann's pages . After his death they entered the service of Isabella.

literature

Web links

Commons : John of Aragon and Castile  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hermann Wiesflecker: Maximilian I . Vienna / Munich 1991, ISBN 3-7028-0308-4 u. ISBN 3-486-55875-7 , timetable p. 392.
  2. ↑ Hermann Wiesflecker: Maximilian I . Vienna / Munich 1991, ISBN 3-7028-0308-4 u. ISBN 3-486-55875-7 , p. 393.
  3. ↑ Date of death uncertain. According to Ursula Tamussino: Margaret of Austria: Diplomat of the Renaissance. Styria, Graz 1995, ISBN 3-222-12336-5 , p. 69f, it was October 6th.
  4. ↑ Ursula Tamussino: Margaret of Austria: Diplomatin the Renaissance. Styria, Graz 1995, ISBN 3-222-12336-5 , pp. 68-70, also Karl Brandi, Kaiser Karl V. , 7th edition, Munich 1964, p. 34.
  5. ↑ Ursula Tamussino: Margaret of Austria: Diplomatin the Renaissance. Styria, Graz 1995, ISBN 3-222-12336-5 , p. 71.
  6. ^ Karl Brandi, Kaiser Karl V , 7th edition, Munich 1964, p. 37; also Ursula Tamussino: Margaret of Austria: diplomat of the Renaissance. Styria, Graz 1995, ISBN 3-222-12336-5 , p. 72f.
predecessor Office successor
Isabella of Trastámara and Avis
( Isabella I. )		 Prince of Asturias
1478–1497 		Michael of Avis and Trastámara
personal data
SURNAME John of Aragon and Castile
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Infante Don Juan de Trastamare de Aragon y de Trastamare de Castilla
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince of Spain
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1478
PLACE OF BIRTH Seville
DATE OF DEATH October 4, 1497
Place of death Salamanca