Maria of Aragon (1482-1517)

Maria of Aragon (1482 1517)

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Maria of Aragon (1482-1517)

Maria of Aragon (Mary of Aragon or Mary of Spain or even Mary of Castile) (June 29 1482 - March 7 1517) was a Spanish

Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
infanta, second wife of Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
King

List of Portuguese monarchs

This is a list of Portuguese monarchs dating from the independence of Portugal from the kingdom of Kingdom of Le?n in 1128 under Afonso Henriques, who proclaimed himself King in 1139, to the proclamation of the Portuguese Republic on October 5, 1910, during the reign of Manuel II of Portugal, "the Patriot," or "the Missed Kin...
Manuel I

Manuel I of Portugal

Manuel I ; Portuguese language: Manoel I, English language: Emmanuel I), the Fortunate , 14th List of Portuguese monarchs was the son of Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu, by his wife, Beatriz of Portugal ....
and because of that queen consort

Queen consort

A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning Monarch. Queens consort usually share their husbands' Royal and noble ranks and hold the feminine equivalent of their husbands' monarchical titles....
of Portugal from her marriage on 30 October, 1500 until her death.

She was the third surviving daughter of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon

Ferdinand II of Aragon

Ferdinand the Catholic was king of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia , Sardinia and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, de jure uxoris King of Crown of Castile and then Regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of his mentally unstable daughter Joanna the Mad....
(the Catholic monarchs

Catholic Monarchs

The Catholic Monarchs is the collective title used in history for Isabella I of Castile of Crown of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon of Crown of Aragon....
). Her eldest sister Isabella, Princess of Asturias was the first wife of Manuel I, but her death in 1498 created a necessity for Manuel to remarry; Maria became the next bride of the Portuguese king, reaffirming dynastical links with the future Spain, that in 1580 led to a dynastical crisis in Portugal

Portugal

Philip II of Spain

Philip II was King of Spain from 1556 until 1598, List of monarchs of Naples from 1554 until 1598, king consort of England, as husband of Mary I of England, from 1554 to 1558, lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories, such as Duke or Count; and King of Portugal as Philip I...
king of Portugal as Philip I (See: Struggle for the throne of Portugal
Struggle for the throne of Portugal

The 1580 Portuguese succession crisis came about as a result of the death of young King Sebastian I of Portugal in battle, in 1578, without an heir , leading to a dynastic crisis....
and Iberian Union
Iberian Union

Iberian Union is a modern day term that refers to the historical political unit that governed all of the Iberian peninsula south of the Pyrenees from 1580?1640, through a personal union....
).

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Maria of Aragon (Mary of Aragon or Mary of Spain or even Mary of Castile) (June 29 1482 - March 7 1517) was a Spanish

Spain

Portugal

List of Portuguese monarchs

Manuel I of Portugal

Queen consort

Ferdinand II of Aragon

Catholic Monarchs

Portugal

Philip II of Spain

Ancestors

Maria's ancestors in three generations
Maria of Aragon	Father: Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand the Catholic was king of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia , Sardinia and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, de jure uxoris King of Crown of Castile and then Regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of his mentally unstable daughter Joanna the Mad....	Paternal Grandfather: John II of Aragon John II of Aragon John II the Great was the King of Aragon and jure uxoris King of Navarre . He was the son of Ferdinand I of Aragon and his wife Eleanor of Alburquerque....	Paternal Great-Grandfather: Ferdinand I of Aragon Ferdinand I of Aragon File:Ferran d'Antequera al retaule Sancho de Rojas .jpgFerdinand I called of Antequera and also the Just or the Honest, was king of kingdom of Aragon, kingdom of Valencia, kingdom of Majorca, kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica and king of kingdom of Sicily, duke of duchy of Athens and Neopatria, and County of Barcelona, cou...
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Eleanor of Alburquerque Eleanor of Alburquerque Eleanor of Alburquerque became Queen consort of List of Aragonese monarchs by her marriage to Ferdinand I of Aragon. In Spanish language she is known as Leonor Urraca de Castilla, Condesa de Alburquerque....
		Paternal Grandmother: Juana Enríquez Juana Enríquez Juana Enriquez de C?rdoba was a Castilian noblewoman who became Queen consort of the Kingdoms of the Crown of Aragon.She was a daughter of Fadrique Enr?quez, Count of Melba and Rueda and Mariana de C?rdoba....	Paternal Great-Grandfather: Frederick Henriques, Conde de Melgar
			Paternal Great-Grandmother: Mariana de Córdoba
	Mother: Isabella I of Castile Isabella I of Castile Isabella I was Kings of Castile. She and her husband, Ferdinand II of Aragon, laid the foundation for the political unification of Spain under their grandson, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor....	Maternal Grandfather: John II of Castile John II of Castile John II was kings of Castile from 1406 to 1454. He was the son of Henry III of Castile and his wife Katherine of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster by Constance of Castile , daughter of King Pedro of Castile ....	Maternal Great-Grandfather: Henry III of Castile Henry III of Castile Henry III , sometimes known as Henry the Sufferer or Henry the Infirm was the son of John I of Castile and Eleanor of Aragon, and succeeded him as List of Castilian monarchs of Kingdom of Castile and Kingdom of Le?n in 1390....
			Maternal Great-Grandmother: Katherine of Lancaster
		Maternal Grandmother: Infanta Isabel of Portugal Infanta Isabel of Portugal Isabella of Portugal was Queen consort of Castile and Leon. She was the mother of Queen Isabella of Castile.She was born as a scion of a collateral branch of the House of Aviz dynasty that had ruled Portugal since 1385....	Maternal Great-grandfather: Infante João of Portugal
			Maternal Great-Grandmother: Isabella of Braganza Isabella of Braganza Isabella of Braganza , also known as Isabella of Barcelos . She was the daughter of Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza and Beatriz Pereira Alvim, she married Infante Jo?o, Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz, her half-uncle, son of John I of Portugal....

Children

Her marriage with Manuel produced the following children:

Her widowed husband remarried yet once more,in 1518, also this time from her family: Maria's niece Eleanor of Habsburg.