Descendants of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile

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Ferdinand II of Aragon's marriage to Isabella I of Castile produced seven children, five of whom survived birth and lived to adulthood. They arranged strategic political marriages for all of these children to powerful monarchs and well-connected women. Although several bloodlines were cut short and the rest initially intermarried to form a close-knit group centered around the House of Habsburg, this group became the most powerful family in Europe. Within only six generations of the Catholic Monarchs their offspring ruled in the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of France, the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Portugal (before, during and after the Iberian Union), the Archduchy of Austria with the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Kingdom of Hungary in personal union, the Kingdom of Poland with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in personal union, Electorate of Brandenburg with the Duchy of Prussia in personal union, the Electorate of Saxony, the Duchy of Mantua, the Duchy of Montferrat, the Duchy of Parma, the Duchy of Lorraine and others.

Among the living descendants of Isabella I and Ferdinand II are all of the current European monarchs from hereditary monarchies (i.e. not Andorra and Vatican City). Felipe VI of Spain and Henri of Luxembourg are both descended in the male line from Philip V of Spain, whose grandmother Maria Theresa of Spain was a male-line descendant of Ferdinand and Isabella's daughter Joanna the Mad. Many other paths are possible to find due to interbreeding. Philippe of Belgium is also a descendant multiple times over. One such path goes through Leopold III of Belgium, Miguel I of Portugal and Charles IV of Spain back to Philip V again. Although the Protestant Reformation divided Europe in half in terms of royal intermarriage, through the children of Maria of Austria, Duchess Consort of Jülich-Cleves-Berg the bloodline also entered the Protestant noble houses and can therefore be traced to Britain, Scandinavia and the Netherlands. The most common line passes through Maria's great-great-granddaughter Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg.

Some British lines descend from Henrietta Maria of France, granddaughter of Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany. Although her legitimate descendants in Britain were banished during the Glorious Revolution, many remain descending from the bastard children of Charles II and James VII. Princess Diana was and her sons and grandchildren are among this group by virtue of descent from Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton and Henrietta FitzJames. Queen Camilla is also in this group by descent from Anne Lennox, Countess Consort of Albemarle.

Charles III of the United Kingdom as well as every monarch of Britain since George III are descendants. George III's mother was Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, a great-granddaughter of Elisabeth Sophie. Margrethe II of Denmark and Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden share as their grandmother Princess Margaret of Connaught, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, herself granddaughter to George III. Harald V of Norway's grandmother was Maud of Wales, another granddaughter of Victoria. A different line from Maria of Austria passes through Duchess Sophie of Prussia and her great-great-grandson William IV, Prince of Orange, whose grandson was elevated in rank to become William I of the Netherlands. Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands is his descendant, although not in the male line, but through a series of three queens-regnant of the Netherlands.

The two princes Albert II of Monaco and Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein also have this blood. Albert's was introduced to the Grimaldi family by Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, granddaughter of Charles, Grand Duke of Baden. Charles was, among other ways this descent can be traced, a double great-grandson of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, a great-grandson of Elisabeth Sophie. Hans-Adam has the bloodline from his grandmother Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria, who was both a Habsburg with near male-line descent (excluding Maria Theresa and Joanna the Mad) and a granddaughter of Miguel I of Portugal mentioned above as an ancestor of Philippe of Belgium.

Children

ImageNameBirthDeathFamily
Infanta Isabella of Aragon[1]2 Oct 147023 Aug 1498Married 1490, Afonso, Prince of Portugal, no issue. Married 1497, Manuel I, King of Portugal, had issue.
John, Prince of Asturias[1]30 Jun 14784 Oct 1497Married 1497, Margaret of Austria, no issue.
Joanna I, Queen of Castile and Aragon[2]6 Nov 147912 Apr 1555Married 1496, Philip IV, Duke of Burgundy, had issue.
Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal[1]29 Jun 14827 Mar 1517Married 1500, Manuel I, King of Portugal, had issue.
Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England[3]16 Dec 14857 Jan 15361. Married 1501, Arthur, Prince of Wales, no issue. 2. Married 1509, Henry VIII, King of England, had issue.

Grandchildren

Children of Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal

Isabella of Aragon first married in 1490 Afonso, Hereditary Prince of Portugal, who died the next year following a fall from his horse.[4] She married his cousin Manuel I of Portugal, known as 'the fortunate' in 1497. Together, they had one son. She died within an hour after her son's birth.

ImageNameBirthDeathFamily
Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal[5]23 August 1498[6]19 July 1500[7]Died in infancy.

Children of Joanna I of Castille

Joanna I of Castille, later known as Joanna the Mad, married Philip the Handsome in 1496.[8] At the time of the marriage, she was third in line to the throne behind her brother and older sister Isabella. Following the death of both, Joanna became heir.

ImageNameBirthDeathFamily
Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal15 November 149825 February 1558Married 1518, Manuel I of Portugal, had two children. Married 1530, Francis I of France, no issue.[9]
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor24 February 150021 September 1558Married 1526, Isabella of Portugal, had issue. Charles also had several illegitimate children including; Margaret of Parma (1522–1586); Joanna of Austria (1522–1530); Tadea della Penna (1523 – c. 1562); Cornelis de Hooghe (1541–1583), Dutch cartographer; John of Austria (1547–1578)
Isabella of Austria, Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden18 July 150119 January 1526Married 1514, Christian II of Denmark, had issue.
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor10 March 150325 July 1564Married 1521, Anne of Bohemia and Hungary and had issue.
Mary of Austria, Queen of Hungary15 September 150518 October 1558Married 1515, Louis II of Hungary, had no issue.
Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal14 January 150712 February 1578Married 1529, John III of Portugal and had issue.

Children of Maria of Aragon, Queen consort of Portugal

Maria of Aragon married Manuel I of Portugal in 1500, the widower of her older sister Isabella.

ImageNameBirthDeathFamily
John III of Portugal[10]6 June 150211 June 1557Married 1525, Catherine of Austria (Daughter of Joanna I and Philip the Handsome) and had issue. John III also had an illegitimate child; Duarte, Archbishop of Braga (1529 - 11 November 1543)
Isabella of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress24 October 15031 May 1539Married 1526, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, had issue.
Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy[11]31 December 15048 January 1538Married 1504 Charles III, Duke of Savoy, had issue.
Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja[12]3 March 150627 November 1555Never married, but had an illegitimate son António, Prior of Crato, who was claimant to the Portuguese throne.[13]
Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Guarda[14]5 June 15077 November 1534Married Guiomar Coutinho, 5th Countess of Marialva and 3rd Countess of Loulé. They had two children. Luisa (1531 - October 1534) and a son (born 1 August 1533) who died shortly after birth.
Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal[15]23 April 150921 April 1540
Infanta Maria15111513Died young.
Henry, Cardinal-King of Portugal[16]31 January 151231 January 1580Upon inheriting the Kingdom of Portugal, Henry sought to be released from his vows so that he might marry and continue the House of Aviz. Pope Gregory XIII did not allow this, not wanting to antagonise Philip II of Spain, his successor.
Duarte, Duke of Guimarães[17]7 October 1515[18]20 September 1540Married 1537 Isabel of Braganza and had issue.[19]
Infante António8 September 15161 November 1516Died in infancy.

Children of Catherine of Aragon, Queen consort of England

Catherine of Aragon first married Arthur, Prince of Wales in 1501, though he died the following year. She married his brother Henry VIII of England in 1509 and had issue. Due to her perceived inability to give the King a surviving son, the marriage was annulled in 1533.

ImageNameBirthDeathFamily
Henry, Duke of Cornwall[20]1 January 151122 February 1511Died suddenly, with no recorded cause of death.
Mary I of England[21]18 February 151617 November 1558Married her cousin Philip II of Spain in 1554, but had no issue.

Great-Grandchildren

Children of Eleanor of Austria, Queen consort of Portugal and France

Eleanor of Austria married first Manuel I of Portugal in 1518, the widower of two of her aunts, Isabella and Maria of Aragon. They had two children. Following the death of her husband, Eleanor remarried in 1530 to Francis I of France, he often ignored her and as such, the marriage remained childless.

ImageNameBirthDeathFamily
Infante Charles18 February 152015 April 1521Died in infancy.
Maria, Duchess of Viseu18 June 152110 October 1577Never married and had no issue.

Children of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Isabella of Portugal

Charles V married his first cousin Isabella of Portugal, daughter of Manuel I of Portugal and Maria of Aragon, in 1526. The marriage is regarded as a happy one,[22] the couple had five surviving children.

ImageNameBirthDeathFamily
Philip II of Spain21 May 152713 September 1598Married Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal, his double first cousin, in 1543. They had one son. Carlos, Prince of Asturias (8 July 1545 – 24 July 1568), no issue. Married Mary I of England in 1554. She was his first cousin once removed, as daughter of Catherine of Aragon (see above). They had no issue. Married 1559 Elisabeth of Valois, and had issue. Isabella Clara Eugenia, Lady of the Netherlands (12 August 1566 – 1 December 1633), no issue.; Catherine Michaela of Austria (10 October 1567 – 6 November 1597), married and had issue.; Joan (born and died 3 October 1568) Married 1570 his niece, Anna of Austria, and had issue. Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias (4 December 1571 – 18 October 1578), died in childhood.; Carlos Lorenzo (12 August 1573 – 30 June 1575), died in infancy.; Diego, Prince of Asturias (15 August 1575 – 21 November 1582), died in childhood.; Philip III of Spain (3 April 1578 – 31 March 1621), married and had issue.; Maria (14 February 1580 – 5 August 1583)
Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress21 June 152826 February 1603Married 1548 her first cousin Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and had issue. Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (1 November 1549 – 26 October 1580), married and had issue (see above).; Ferdinand (28 March 1551 – 25 June 1552), died in infancy.; Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612), had illegitimate issue.; Archduke Ernest of Austria (15 July 1553 – 12 February 1595), no issue.; Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France (5 July 1554 – 22 January 1592), married without issue.; Marie (27 July 1555 – 25 June 1556), died in infancy.; Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (24 February 1557 – 20 March 1619), married without issue.; Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (12 October 1558 – 2 November 1618), no issue.; Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (13 November 1559 – 13 July 1621), married without issue.; Archduke Wenceslaus of Austria (9 March 1561 – 22 September 1578), no issue.; Frederick (21 June 1562 – 16 January 1563), died in infancy.; Marie (19 February 1564 – 26 March 1564), died in infancy.; Charles (26 September 1565 – 23 May 1566), died in infancy.; Archduchess Margaret of Austria (25 January 1567 – 5 July 1633), no issue.; Eleanor (4 November 1568 – 12 March 1580), died in childhood.
Infante Ferdinand22 November 152913 July 1530Died in infancy.
Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal26 June 15357 September 1573Married her first cousin João Manuel, Prince of Portugal in 1552, had issue. Sebastian, King of Portugal (20 January 1554 - 4 August 1578)
Infante Juan19 October 153720 March 1538Died in infancy.

Children of Isabella of Austria, Queen consort of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

Isabella married Christian II of Denmark in 1514 and had five children.

ImageNameBirthDeathFamily
John of Denmark[23]21 February 151811 August 1532Died young.
Philip Ferdinand4 July 15191519Died in infancy.
Maximilian4 July 15191519Died in infancy.
Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine[24]10 November 152031 May 1580Married 1535 Frederick II, Elector Palatine, but had no issue.
Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan and Lorraine[25]November 152110 December 1590Married 1534 Francesco II Sforza without issue. Married 1541 Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, and had issue. Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (18 February 1543 – 14 May 1608), married and had issue.[26]; Renata of Lorraine (20 April 1544 – 22 May 1602), married and had issue.; Dorothea of Lorraine (24 May 1545 – 2 June 1621), married without issue.

Children of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Ferdinand I married 1521 Anne of Bohemia and Hungary and had issue.

ImageNameBirthDeathFamily
Elizabeth of Austria9 July 152615 June 1545Married 1543 Sigismund II Augustus, without issue.
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor31 July 152712 October 1576Married 1548 his first cousin Maria of Austria and had issue (see above).
Archduchess Anna of Austria7 July 152816/17 October 1590Married 1546 Albert V, Duke of Bavaria and had issue. Charles (born and died 1547); William V, Duke of Bavaria (29 September 1548 – 17 February 1626), married with issue.; Ferdinand of Bavaria (20 January 1550 – 30 January 1608), married morganatically with issue.; Maria Anna of Bavaria (21 March 1551 – 29 April 1608), married with issue.; Maximiliana Maria of Bavaria (4 July 1552 – 11 July 1614), never married.; Friedrich (26 July 1553 – 18 April 1554), died in infancy.; Ernest of Bavaria (17 December 1554 – 17 February 1612), Archbishop of Cologne.
Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria14 June 152924 January 1595Married 1557 Philippine Welser morganatically and had issue. Margrave Andrew of Burgau (15 June 1558 – 12 November 1600), had illegitimate issue.; Charles, Margrave of Burgau (22 November 1560 – 30 October 1618), married with illegitimate issue.[27]; Philip of Austria (7 August 1562 – 9 January 1563); Maria of Austria (7 August 1562 – 25 January 1563) Married 1582 Anna Juliana Gonzaga and had issue. Archduchess Anna Eleonore of Austria (26 June 1583 – 15 January 1584); Archduchess Maria of Austria (16 June 1584 – 2 March 1649), a nun.; Archduchess Anna of Austria (4 October 1585 – 14 December/15 December 1618), married with issue.
Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg15 May 153111 December 1581Married 1546 William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg and had issue. Marie Eleonore of Cleves (16 June 1550 – 1 June 1608), married with issue.; Anna of Cleves (1 March 1552 – 6 October 1632), married with issue.; Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (2 November 1553 – 30 August 1633), married with issue.; Karl Friedrich of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (28 April 1555 – 9 February 1575), no issue.; Elizabeth (1556–1561); Sibylle of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (26 August 1557 – 1628), married without issue.; John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (28 May 1562 – 25 March 1609), married without issue.[28]
Archduchess Magdalena of Austria14 August 153210 September 1590A nun. Never married and had no issue.
Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland15 September 153328 February 1572Married 1549 Francesco III Gonzaga without issue. Married 1553 Sigismund II Augustus without issue.
Archduchess Eleanor of Austria2 November 15345 August 1594Married 1561 Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua with issue. Vincenzo I Gonzaga (21 September 1562 – 9 February 1612), married with issue.[29]; Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara (27 May 1564 – 6 January 1618), married without issue.; Anna Juliana Gonzaga (16 November 1566 – 3 August 1621), married with issue.
Archduchess Margaret of Austria16 February 153612 March 1567A nun. Never married and had no issue.
Archduke John of Austria10 April 153820 March 1539Died in childhood.
Archduchess Barbara of Austria30 April 153919 September 1572Married 1565 Alfonso II d'Este without issue.
Charles II, Archduke of Austria3 June 154010 July 1590Married 1571 Maria Anna of Bavaria with issue. Archduke Ferdinand (15 July 1572 - 3 August 1572), died in infancy.; Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland (16 August 1573 – 10 February 1598), married with issue.; Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania (10 November 1574 – 6 April 1621), married without issue.; Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria( 4 January 1576 – 29 June 1599), died unmarried.[30]; Archduchess Elisabeth (13 March 1577 - 29 January 1586), died young.; Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637), married with issue.; Archduke Charles (17 July 1579 - 17 May 1580), died in infancy.; Archduchess Gregoria Maximiliana of Austria (22 May 1581 – 20 September 1597), died umarried.; Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (25 September 1582 – 28 January 1620), never married.; Archduke Maximilian Ernest of Austria (17 November 1583 – 18 February 1616), never married.; Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain (25 December 1584 – 3 October 1611), married with issue.; Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (9 October 1586 – 13 September 1632), married with issue.; Constance of Austria, Queen of Poland (24 December 1588 – 10 July 1631), married with issue.; Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria (7 October 1589 – 1 November 1631), married with issue.; Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw (7 August 1590 – 28 December 1624), no issue.
Archduchess Ursula24 July 154130 April 1543Died in childhood.
Archduchess Helena of Austria7 January 15435 March 1574A nun, never married.[31][32]
Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany24 January 154710 April 1578Married 1565 Francesco I de' Medici and had issue. Eleanor de' Medici (28 February 1567 – 9 September 1611), married with issue.; Romola de' Medici (20 November 1568 – 2 December 1568), died in infancy.; Anna de' Medici (31 December 1569 – 19 February 1584), died unmarried.; Isabella de' Medici (30 September 1571 – 8 August 1572), died in infancy.; Lucrezia de' Medici (7 November 1572 – 14 August 1574), died in infancy.; Maria de' Medici, Queen of France (26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642), married with issue.; Filippo de' Medici (20 May 1577 – 29 March 1582), died in childhood.

Children of John II of Portugal and Catherine of Austria

John III, son of Manuel I of Portugal and Maria of Aragon married Catherine of Austria, daughter of Philip the Handsome and Joanna I in 1525. They were first cousins.

ImageNameBirthDeathFamily
Afonso, Hereditary Prince of Portugal24 February 152612 April 1526Died in infancy.
Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal[33]15 October 152712 July 1545Married 1543 Philip II of Spain with issue (see Children of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor).
Infanta Isabel28 April 152922 May 1530Died in infancy.
Infanta Beatriz15 February 153016 March 1530Died in infancy.
Manuel, Hereditary Prince of Portugal1 November 153114 April 1537Died in childhood.
Philip, Hereditary Prince of Portugal25 March 153329 April 1539Died in childhood.
Infante Denis6 April 15351 January 1537Died in childhood.
João Manuel, Prince of Portugal3 June 15372 January 1554Married 1552 Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal, his first cousin. Had issue. (see Children of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor)
Infante Antonio9 March 153920 January 1540Died in infancy.

Children of Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy

Beatrice of Portugal married Charles III, Duke of Savoy in 1521. Together they had nine children, only one of whom would survive to adulthood.

ImageNameBirthDeathFamily
Adriano Giordano Amadeo, Prince of Piedmont19 November 152210 January 1523Died in infancy.
Ludovico, Prince of Piedmont4 December 152325 November 1536Died in childhood.
Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy[34]8 July 152830 August 1580Married 1559 Margaret of Valois, Duchess of Berry and had issue. Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (12 January 1562 – 26 July 1630), married with issue.[35]
Caterina25 November 1529May 1536Died in childhood.
Maria12 June 15301531Died in infancy.
IsabellaMay 153224 September 1533Died in infancy.
EmanueleMay 1533May 1533Died in infancy.
EmanueleMay 1534May 1534Died in infancy.
Gianmaria3 December 15378 January 1538Died in infancy.

Children of Duarte, Duke of Guimarães

Duarte, Duke of Guimarães married Isabel of Braganza in 1537.[19]

ImageNameBirthDeathFamily
Maria of Portugal, Hereditary Princess of Parma12 August 15389 July 1577Married 1565 Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma and had issue. Ranuccio I Farnese (28 March 1569 – 5 March 1622), married with issue.[36]; Margherita Farnese (7 November 1567 – 13 April 1643), married without issue.; Odoardo Farnese (6 December 1573 – 21 February 1626), a cardinal.
Catarina of Portugal, Duchess of Braganza18 January 154015 November 1614Married 1563 João I, Duke of Braganza with issue. Maria (27 January 1565 – 30 April 1592); Serafina (20 May 1566 – 6 January 1604), married with issue.; Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza (28 April 1568 – 29 November 1630), married with issue.; Duarte (21 September 1569 – 27 May 1627); Alexandre (17 September 1570 – 11 September 1608), Archbishop of Évora; Cherubina (11 March 1572 – 11 March 1580); Angélica (8 June 1573 – 9 October 1576); Isabel (13 November 1578 – 12 January 1582); Filipe (17 November 1581 – 27 September 1608)
Infante Duarte, 5th Duke of GuimarãesMarch 154128 November 1576Died unmarried without issue.

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