Catherine, Princess of Asturias

Catherine
Princess of Asturias
House	House of Trastámara (by birth)
Father	John II of Castile
Mother	Maria of Aragon
Born	5 October 1422 Illescas, Toledo
Died	17 September 1424 (age 7007616248000000000♠1 years, 348 days) Madrigal de las Altas Torres
Burial	Miraflores Monastery, Burgos
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Catherine of Castile (Castilian: Catalina de Castilla; 5 October 1422 - 17 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. She was the first child of King John II of Castile and his first wife, Maria of Aragon. Named after her aunt and grandmother, the Duchess of Villena and Catherine of Lancaster, she immediately became heiress presumptive to the throne of Castile upon her birth. The Infanta was formally recognised as successor to the throne of the kingdom and sworn in as Princess of Asturias on 1 January 1423 by the Cortes of Toledo.^[1]

However, the Princess of Asturias did not live long enough to succeed her father as Queen of Castile. She died in Madrigal de las Altas Torres on 17 September 1424. Her younger sister, Infanta Eleanor, replaced her as heiress and Princess of Asturias. Princess Catherine is buried in Miraflores Charterhouse, along with her father and stepmother, Isabella of Portugal.^[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Catherine, Princess of Asturias

16. Henry II of Castile

8. John I of Castile

17. Juana Manuel of Castile

4. Henry III of Castile

18. Peter IV of Aragon

9. Eleanor of Aragon

19. Eleanor of Sicily

2. John II of Castile

20. Edward III of England

10. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster

21. Philippa of Hainault

5. Catherine of Lancaster

22. Peter of Castile

11. Constance of Castile

23. Maria de Padilla

1. Catherine, Princess of Asturias

24. Henry II of Castile

12. John I of Castile

25. Juana Manuel of Castile

6. Ferdinand I of Aragon

26. Peter IV of Aragon

13. Eleanor of Aragon

27. Eleanor of Sicily

3. Maria of Aragon

28. Alfonso XI of Castile

14. Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque

29. Eleanor of Guzman

7. Eleanor of Alburquerque

30. Peter I of Portugal

15. Infanta Beatrice of Portugal

31. Inês de Castro

References

↑ Instituto Salazar Y Castro: Tratado de genealogia, héràldica y derecho nobiliario: segundo curso de la Escuela de Genealogía, Heráldica y Nobiliaria]; Ediciones Hidalguia, 2001, 8489851336
↑ Pedro Aguado Bleye, Cayetano Alcazar Molina: Manual de historia de España: Prehistoria. Edades antigua y media; Espasa-Calpe, 1969

Spanish royalty
Catherine of Castile House of Trastámara Born: 5 October 1422 Died: 17 September 1424
Preceded by Prince John	Princess of Asturias 1423-1424	Succeeded by Infanta Eleanor

Princes(ses) of Asturias

Leonor (2014–present) Henry (1388–1390) Maria (1402–1405) John (1405–1406) Catherine (1423–1424) Eleanor (1424–1425) Henry (1425–1454) Joanna (1462–1464) Alfonso (1464–1468) Isabella (1468–1470) Isabella (1470–1478) John (1478–1497) Isabella (1497–1498) Michael (1498–1500) Joanna (1502–1504) Charles (1504–1516) Philip (1527–1556) Charles (1556–1568) Ferdinand (1571–1578) Diego (1578–1582) Philip (1582–1598) Philip (1605–1621) Balthasar Charles (1629–1646) Philip Prospero (1657–1661) Charles (1661–1665) Joseph Ferdinand (1698–1699) Louis (1709–1724) Ferdinand (1724–1746) Charles (1759–1788) Ferdinand (1788–1808) Isabella (1830–1833) Isabella (1851–1857) Alfonso (1857–1868) Emanuele Filiberto (1871–1873) Isabella (1875–1880) Mercedes (1880–1904) Alfonso (1907–1931) Felipe (1977–2014)