ferdinand ii of aragon

The Unification of Spain is usually dated to the marriage of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. But neither of them were expected to ascend their thrones. Isabella had 2 brothers, Henry (who reigned as Henry IV) and Alfonso. Ferdinand II also had an older half-brother Charles. He...

The Catholic Monarchs, or Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon are the most significant rulers of Iberia. Their marriage and joint rule marked the de facto creation of Spain. Both of them were of the House of Trastámara, as they were actually second cousins. To over...

What if both Isabella of Castile and her son Juan died in 1490 and Ferdinand II remarried to Bianca Maria Sforza (who was of good age, pretty and with a big dowry and offered almost to everyone who mattered enough in this period) after Juana la Beltraneja refuted his proposal, for prevent...

What if both Isabella of Castile and Juan, Prince of Asturias died in 1490 and Juana la Beltranjea accepted Ferdinand II’s proposal to marry him (made by Ferdinand for keeping control of Castile)?

What if Isabella of Castile birthed a second boy instead of Catalina in 1485, who would thus become heir of Castile and Aragon after Juan‘s death? And if Isabella’s namesake firstborn still lost her husband as OTL, but was pregnant with a daughter who would become Queen regnant of Portugal and...

On December 7, 1492, King Ferdinand II of Aragon was departing from the Plaça del Rei in Barcelona when a man named Juan de Cañamares (or, Joan de Canyamars) armed with a short sword took the chance to stab him, leaving a long wound that went from his ear to his neck (as a chronicler of the time...

"The marriage of Maria of Aragon to James IV of Scotland would take place on the 18th of June 1500, a little more than a week before Maria's birthday and just a month prior the death of Miguel de Paz, the heir apparent to Portugal, Castile and Aragon. Miguel's death left his father, King Manuel...

What if Catalina of Aragon died in 1502 (instead of her husband Arthur) and the death of another child was a too hard blow for her mother Isabella who would die shortly after and before Juana and Philip’s arrival in Castile (as their journey would be delayed by Juana becoming again pregnant...

So earlier today I was reading isabella's excellent Juana, the Heretic Queen when I had the thought, what if shortly after the birth of the future Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Philip died in 1500. Could Joanna, as Queen of Castile rule in her own right without all the allegations of being mad...

What would happen if Catherine of Aragon died in 1501, while Arthur Tudor survived and later remarried? And if the death of another child was too much for Queen Isabella of Castile, who soon followed her youngest daughter in the grave, without putting any check over Juana’s powers in Castile...