Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal

For other people of the same name, see Maria of Aragon (disambiguation).

Maria of Aragon

Queen consort of Portugal and the Algarves
Tenure	30 October 1500 – 7 March 1517

Born	(1482-06-29)29 June 1482 Córdoba, Kingdom of Castile
Died	7 March 1517(1517-03-07) (aged 34) Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Burial	Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Spouse	Manuel I of Portugal
Issue among others...	See Issue
House	Trastámara
Father	Ferdinand II of Aragon
Mother	Isabella I of Castile
Religion	Roman Catholic

Maria of Aragon (29 June 1482 – 7 March 1517) was a Spanish infanta and the second wife of Portuguese King Manuel I, thus queen consort of Portugal from her marriage on 30 October 1500 until her death.

Family

Rainha D. Maria de Aragão e Castela.

She was born at Córdoba on 29 June 1482 as the third surviving daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (the Catholic monarchs). She was the fourth of five surviving children and had a twin sister, Anna, who was stillborn.^[1]

Maria did not inherit the insanity that supposedly ran in the royal family and was said to have affected her sister, Joanna, known as "Joanna (or Joan) the Mad".^[2]

Marriage

As an infanta of Spain, her hand in marriage was very important in European politics; before her marriage to Manuel I of Portugal, her parents entertained the idea of marrying her off to King James IV of Scotland.^[3] This was at a time when her younger sister Catherine's marriage to Arthur, Prince of Wales, was being planned. Ferdinand and Isabella thought if Maria was Queen of Scotland, the two sisters could keep the peace between their husbands. These plans, however, came to nothing. 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 dynastic links with Spanish royal houses. Manuel and Maria were married in Alcácer do Sal on 30 October 1500, and had 10 children, eight of whom reached adulthood, including King John III of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress Isabella of Portugal, and Beatrice, Duchess of Savoy.

In 1580, the dynastic links from the marriage led to a succession crisis in Portugal that made Philip II of Spain king of Portugal as Philip I of Portugal.

Death

Maria died in Lisbon on 7 March 1517, and was buried at the Jerónimos Monastery of Belém.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal

16. John I of Castile (1358-1390) (=24)

8. Ferdinand I of Aragon (1380-1416)

17. Eleanor of Aragon (1358-1382) (=25)

4. John II of Aragon (1397-1479)

18. Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque (1342-1375)

9. Eleanor of Alburquerque (1374-1435)

19. Infanta Beatrice of Portugal (1347-1374)

2. Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452-1516)

20. Alonso Enríquez, 1st Lord of Medina de Rio Seco (1354-1429)

10. Fadrique Enríquez, 1st Count of Melba and Rueda (1390-1473)

21. Juana de Mendoza y Ayala (1360-1431)

5. Juana Enriquez de Córdoba, 5th Lady of Casarrubios del Monte (1425-1468)

22. Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Carrillo, 1st Lord of Baena (1355-1435)

11. Mariana Fernández de Córdoba y Ayala, 4th Lady of Casarrubios del Monte (1394—1431)

23. Inés de Ayala y Toledo, 3rd Lady of Casarrubios del Monte (d. 1453)

1. Maria of Aragon and Castile (1482–1517)

24. John I of Castile (1358-1390) (=16)

12. Henry III of Castile (1379-1406)

25. Eleanor of Aragon (1358-1382) (=17)

6. John II of Castile (1405-1454)

26. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399)

13. Catherine of Lancaster (1372-1418)

27. Constance of Castile (1354-1394)

3. Isabella I of Castile (1451-1504)

28. John I of Portugal (1357-1433)

14. John, Infante and Constable of Portugal (1400-1442)

29. Philippa of Lancaster (1360-1415)^[4]

7. Isabella of Portugal (1428-1496)

30. Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza (1370-1461)

15. Isabella of Barcelos (1402-1445)

31. Beatriz Pereira de Alvim (1380–1415)

Children

Her marriage with Manuel produced the following children:

Crown of Castile Royal dynasties House of Trastámara

Henry II
Children include John I Eleanor, Queen of Navarre
John I
Children include Henry III Ferdinand I of Aragon
Henry III
Children include John II Maria, Queen of Aragon
John II
Children include Henry IV Isabella I Alfonso, Prince of Asturias
Henry IV
Children Joanna, Queen of Portugal
Isabella I with Ferdinand V
Children Isabella, Queen of Portugal John, Prince of Asturias Joanna I, Queen of Castile Maria, Queen of Portugal Catherine, Queen of England
Joanna I
Children include Charles I Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
King John III	6 June 1502	11 June 1557	succeeded Manuel as King of Portugal. Had issue.
Infanta Isabella	24 October 1503	1 May 1539	married Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Had issue.
Infanta Beatrice	31 December 1504	8 January 1538	married Charles III, Duke of Savoy. Had issue.
Infante Louis, Duke of Beja	3 March 1506	27 November 1555	Unmarried but had illegitimate descendants, one of them being Anthony, Prior of Crato, a claimant of the throne of Portugal in 1580 (See: Struggle for the throne of Portugal).
Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Guarda	5 June 1507	7 November 1534	Married Guiomar Coutinho, Countess of Marialva. No surviving issue.
Infante Afonso	23 April 1509	21 April 1540	Cardinal of the Kingdom.
King Henry	31 January 1512	31 January 1580	Cardinal of the Kingdom who succeeded his grandnephew King Sebastian (Manuel's great-grandson) as 17th King of Portugal. His death triggered the struggle for the throne of Portugal.
Infanta Maria	3 February 1513		Died at birth.
Infante Edward, Duke of Guimarães	7 October 1515	20 September 1540	Duke of Guimarães and great-grandfather of John IV of Portugal. Married Isabella of Braganza, daughter of Jaime, Duke of Braganza.
Infante Anthony	9 September 1516		Died at birth.

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

References

Media related to Maria of Aragon at Wikimedia Commons

↑ Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Aragon
↑ Cawley
↑ e.g., Calendar State Papers Spain, vol. 1 (1862) no. 210, Pedro de Ayala to Ferdinand and Isabella, 25 July 1498.
↑ She was the daughter John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster to his first wife Blanche of Lancaster, making her half-sister of Katherine of Aragon's maternal great-grandmother Catherine of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster to his second wife Constance of Castile.

Portuguese royalty
Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal House of Trastámara Born: 29 June 1482 Died: 7 March 1517
Preceded by Isabella of Aragon	Queen Consort of Portugal 30 October 1500 – 7 March 1517	Succeeded by Eleanor of Austria

Infantas of Aragon

1st generation	Sancha, Countess of Urgell Urraca Teresa, Countess of Provence

2nd generation	none

3rd generation	Isabella Petronilla

4th generation	Dulce, Queen of Portugal

5th generation	Constance, Holy Roman Empress Eleanor, Countess of Toulouse Dulce

6th generation	Sancha

7th generation	Violant, Queen of Castile Constance, Lady of Villena Sancha Isabella, Queen of France Maria Eleanor

8th generation	Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal Yolanda, Duchess of Calabria Sancha, Queen of Naples* Isabella* Blanca of Ayerbe Teresa, Lady of Fraga

9th generation	Maria, Lady of Cameros Constance, Duchess of Peñafiel Isabella, Duchess of Austria Blanca Violante, Lady of Segorbe Constance, Queen of Cyprus Elisabeth, Duchess of Bavaria Catherine Margaret, Countess Palatine of the Rhine Beatrice, Lady of Marchena Maria, Countess of Ampurias Teresa of Jérica Constanza of Ayerbe Maria, Laby of Ayerbe

10th generation	Constance, Queen of Majorca Isabella Eleanor, Queen of Cyprus Juana, Lady of Villena Blanca, Countess of Cardona Eleanor, Queen of Aragon Beatrice, Countess Palatine of the Rhine Constance Euphemia Violante Blanca, Countess of Ampurias Eleonor, Countess of Caltabellotta Constance Isabella, Marchioness of Montferrat* Esclaramunda* Alice, Countess of Ibelin* Beatrice, Lady of Cocentaina Ventura, Viscountess of Illa and Canet Elsa, Lady of Almonacid Juana, Countess of Carrión

11th generation	Constance, Queen of Sicily Joanna, Countess of Ampurias Maria Beatrice Eleanor, Queen of Castile Isabella, Countess of Urgell Isabella, Countess of Cardona Blanca of Ribagorza Joanna, Countess of Cardona Violante, Countess of Prades Joanna of Prades Constance of Prades Eleanor of Prades Timbor, Viscountess of Cabrera Eleanor of Ampurias Maria of Sicily**

12th generation	Joanna, Countess of Foix Yolande, Duchess of Anjou Eleanor Antonia Margaret Beatrice of Urgell Eleanor of Urgell Cecilia, Countess of Modica Isabella of Urgell Eleanor of Prades Isabella of Prades Joanna, Countess of Prades Margarida, Queen of Aragon Timbor of Prades

13th generation	Isabella of Urgell, Duchess of Coimbra Eleanor, Princess of Salerno Joanna, Countess of Cardona Catherine of Urgell

14th generation	Maria, Queen of Castile Eleanor, Queen of Portugal

15th generation	Blanche II of Navarre Maria Eleanor of Navarre Joanna, Queen of Naples

16th generation	Isabella, Queen of Portugal Joanna, Queen of Castile and Aragon Maria, Queen of Portugal Catherine, Queen of England

17th generation	Eleanor, Queen of Portugal and France Isabella, Queen of Denmark-Norway Mary, Queen of Hungary Catherine, Queen of Portugal

*also a princess of Majorca **also a princess of Sicily

Royal consorts of Portugal

Maud of Savoy (1146–1157)
Dulce of Aragon (1185–1198)
Urraca of Castile (1211–1220)
Mécia Lopes de Haro (1246–1248)
Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne (1248–1253)
Beatrice of Castile (1253–1279)
Elizabeth of Aragon (1282–1325)
Beatrice of Castile (1325–1357)
Inês de Castro (1360)
Leonor Telles de Meneses (1372–1383)
Philippa of Lancaster (1387–1415)
Eleanor of Aragon (1433–1438)
Isabella of Coimbra (1447–1455)
Joanna of Castile (1475–1479)
Eleanor of Viseu (1481–1495)
Isabella of Aragon (1497–1498)
Maria of Aragon (1500–1517)
Eleanor of Austria (1518–1521)
Catherine of Austria (1525–1557)
Margaret of Austria (1598–1611)
Élisabeth of France (1621–1640)
Luisa de Guzmán (1640–1656)
Marie Françoise of Savoy (1666–1668) & (1683)
Maria Sophia of Neuburg (1687–1699)
Maria Anna of Austria (1708–1750)
Mariana Victoria of Spain (1750–1777)
Pedro III (1777-1786)
Carlota Joaquina of Spain (1816–1826)
Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1826)
Auguste de Beauharnais, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1835)
Fernando II (1836–1837)
Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1858–1859)
Maria Pia of Savoy (1862–1889)
Amélie of Orléans (1889–1908)

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