Maria of Aragon and Castile

Infobox Portuguese Royalty|majesty|consort
name =Maria of Aragon
title =Queen consort of Portugal


reign =30 October, 1500 - March 7, 1517
spouse =Manuel I of Portugal
issue =John III of Portugal
Isabella, Holy Roman Empress
Beatrice, Duchess of Savoy
Louis, Duke of Beja
Cardinal Afonso of Portugal
Henry of Portugal
royal house =House of Habsburg
titles ="HM" The Queen of Portugal
Infanta Maria of Aragon and Castile
father =Ferdinand II of Aragon
mother =Isabella I of Castile
date of birth =29 June 1482
place of birth =
date of death =March 7 1517 (aged 34)| Maria of Aragon (Mary of Aragon or Mary of Spain or even Mary of Castile) (June 29 1482 - March 7 1517) was a Spanish princess, second wife of Portuguese King Manuel I and because of that queen consort 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 (the Catholic monarchs). When Isabella was pregnant with Maria everyone including the Catholic monarchs thought that Isabella was carrying twins; but they where wrong and so Maria was born. Her eldest sister Isabella 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 that made Philip II of Spain king of Portugal as Philip I ("See: Struggle for the throne of Portugal and Iberian Union"). Queen Maria was able to bear a multitude of surviving children.

Ancestors

Children

Her marriage with Manuel produced the following children:

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