Descendants of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile
Name Birth Death Notes
Isabella 2 October 1470 23 August 1498 Married 1 . Afonso , Prince of Portugal , no issue . 2 . Manuel I of Portugal , had issue
John 30 June 1478 4 October 1497 Married Margaret of Austria , no surviving issue
Joanna 6 November 1479 12 April 1555 Married Philip I of Castile , had issue
Maria 29 June 1482 7 March 1517 Married Elder sister 's widower , Manuel I of Portugal , had issue
Catherine 16 December 1485 7 January 1536 Married 1 . Arthur , Prince of Wales , no issue . 2 . Henry VIII of England , had issue
Children
Ferdinand II of Aragon's marriage to Isabella I of Castile produced many children, five of whom survived to adulthood. They arranged strategic political marriages for all of these children to powerful monarchs and well-connected women. In time, many of their grandchildren became emperors and kings of various countries, and their first and second generation of descendants caused the genealogical lines of Isabella I and Ferdinand II to spread throughout Europe. Among the living descendants of Isabella I and Ferdinand II include all of the current European monarchs. The current line of Kings of Spain are descended from their union, with their current major dynastic heir being King Felipe VI of Spain, who reigns in their native territories. Also among their descendants are King Albert II of Belgium, Grand-Duke Henri of Luxembourg, Queen Elizabeth II of the U.K., Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, King Harald V of Norway, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. The Sovereign Princes of Europe, Albert II, Prince of Monaco and Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, also descend from Isabella I and Ferdinand II. Albert II of Belgium and Grand-Duke Henri of Luxembourg are, given the frequent intermarriage between Catholic dynasties, both descended from the medieval monarchs through multiple lines. The non-Catholic dynasties also share several lines of descent - the following are but a few examples. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, a great-granddaughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (son of Queen Joanna of Castile) was in three ways an ancestor of Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, mother of George III of the United Kingdom. Elizabeth II of the U.K. also descends from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family and that line descends from Isabella I and Ferdinand II beginning with the 1636 marriage of Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg (1619-1680) to Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1601-1675) (Elisabeth Sophie being a descendant through Isabella and Ferdinand's daughter Joanna of Castile). Margrethe II of Denmark, Harald V of Norway, and Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden also trace their mutual descent from Isabella I and Ferdinand II through that same line as Elizabeth II of the U.K.