Catherine, Princess of Asturias

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
Princess of Asturias
Born	5 October 1422 Illescas, Toledo
Died	17 September 1424 (age 1 year, 348 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 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

1. 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
2. Pedro Aguado Bleye, Cayetano Alcazar Molina: Manual de historia de España: Prehistoria. Edades antigua y media; Espasa-Calpe, 1969