Catherine, Princess of Asturias

Catherine
Princess of Asturias
Born5 October 1422
Illescas, Toledo
Died10 September 1424
(age 1 year, 341 days)
Madrigal de las Altas Torres
Burial
HouseTrastámara
FatherJohn II of Castile
MotherMaria of Aragon
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Catherine of Castile (Castilian: Catalina de Castilla; 5 October 1422 - 10 September 1424) was suo jure Princess of Asturias and heiress presumptive to the Castilian throne all her life.

Catherine was born on 5 October 1422 in Illescas, Toledo.[1] She was the first child of King John II of Castile and his first wife, Maria of Aragon.[2] Named after her grandmother, Catherine of Lancaster, she immediately became heiress presumptive to the throne of Castile upon her birth.[3] The Infanta was formally recognized as successor to the throne of the kingdom and sworn in as Princess of Asturias in early 1523 by the Cortes in Toledo.[4]

Not much is known about Catherine's life.[5] She died of an unknown illness in Madrigal de las Altas Torres on 10 September 1424.[6] Her younger sister, Infanta Eleanor, replaced her as heiress and Princess of Asturias.[7] Infanta Catherine is buried in Miraflores Charterhouse, along with her father and stepmother, Isabella of Portugal.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ Cañas Gálvez 2018, p. 137.
  2. ^ Bleye & Molina 1963, p. 785.
  3. ^ Cañas Gálvez 2018, pp. 145–147.
  4. ^ Cañas Gálvez 2018, pp. 148–153.
  5. ^ Cañas Gálvez 2018, p. 156.
  6. ^ Cañas Gálvez 2018, pp. 157–158.
  7. ^ Cañas Gálvez 2018, p. 159.

Works cited

  • Bleye, Pedro Aguado; Molina, Cayetano Alcazar (1963). Manual de historia de España: Prehistoria. Vol. 1. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe.
  • Cañas Gálvez, Francisco de Paula (2018). "Primogenitura, continuidad dinástica y legitimidad institucional en Castilla a principios del siglo XV: Catalina de Trastámara, Princesa de Asturias (1422-†1424)" [Primogeniture, Dynastic Continuity and Institutional Legitimacy in Castile in the Early Fifteenth Century: Catalina of Trastámara, Princess of Austrias (1422-†1424)]. Espacio, tiempo y forma (in Spanish): 135–165.
  • Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, ed. (2001). Tratado de genealogia, héràldica y derecho nobiliario: segundo curso de la Escuela de Genealogía, Heráldica y Nobiliaria (3rd ed.). Instituto Salazar Y Castro.