Maria of Aragon, Queen of Castile

Maria of Aragon ((1403年02月24日)24 February 1403 – (1445年02月18日)18 February 1445) was the Queen of Castile as the first wife of King John II from their marriage in 1420 until her death in 1445. She was the daughter of Ferdinand I of Aragon and Eleanor of Alburquerque.

Maria was married by her brother in his ambition to place his father's issue on the thrones of Castile and Aragon. The marriage took place in simplicity. Maria was occasionally politically active on behalf of her brothers, the princes of Aragon; she disregarded her husband's policy in favor of her brothers and the relationship between Maria and John was somewhat tense.

After her death on 18 February 1445, her husband married Isabella of Portugal and they became the parents of Isabella I of Castile. Maria has no descendants today, her line having gone extinct within a few decades of her death.

Maria and John II of Castile had four children:

• Catherine, Princess of Asturias ((1422年10月05日)5 October 1422–(1424年09月17日)17 September 1424).
• Eleanor, Princess of Asturias ((1423年09月10日)10 September 1423–(1425年08月22日)22 August 1425).
• Henry IV of Castile ((1425年01月05日)5 January 1425–(1474年12月11日)11 December 1474). First married Blanche II of Navarre and later married Joan of Portugal.
• Infanta Maria (c. 1428–c. 1429).

• Queens consort of Castile
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• Aragonese infantas
• 1403 births
• 1445 deaths
• House of Trastámara
• Burials in Extremadura
• Women of medieval Spain
• 15th-century Spanish women
• 15th-century Castilians
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• Mothers of Leonese monarchs
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