Catherine, Princess of Asturias

Catherine
Princess of Asturias
Born	5 October 1422 Illescas, Toledo
Died	10 September 1424 (age 1 year, 341 days) Madrigal de las Altas Torres
Burial	Miraflores Monastery, Burgos
House	Trastámara
Father	John II of Castile
Mother	Maria of Aragon
Religion	Roman 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

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

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.

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