On this day in 1469, the marriage of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon.
This marriage had been previously arranged, but Isabella would only consent if she met with the future king of Aragon before the marriage took place, this meeting had been organised for the 11th of October. The young man that Isabella first set eyes on was a dark-haired, seventeen-year-old with chubby cheeks and full lips who she must have found attractive.
Isabella was a year older than Ferdinand, they also were second cousins. The marriage of second cousins was illegal and therefore there were consanguinity issues, however documentation, dated five years earlier, had been found that decreed that Ferdinand could marry within the third degree of consanguinity, and this papal bull legalised their marriage.
The wedding took place at the Palacio de Los Vivero (Palace of the Nurseries) in the city of Valladolid in Castile and their first child, a daughter, Isabella, was born just under a year following their marriage.
Isabella and Ferdinand went on to have another six children, the most famous, from an English point of view, was Catherine, the wife of Prince Arthur and later his brother Henry.
Isabella and Ferdinand's marriage paved the way for the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country that we now know as Spain.
Isabella was a year older than Ferdinand, they also were second cousins. The marriage of second cousins was illegal and therefore there were consanguinity issues, however documentation, dated five years earlier, had been found that decreed that Ferdinand could marry within the third degree of consanguinity, and this papal bull legalised their marriage.
The wedding took place at the Palacio de Los Vivero (Palace of the Nurseries) in the city of Valladolid in Castile and their first child, a daughter, Isabella, was born just under a year following their marriage.
Isabella and Ferdinand went on to have another six children, the most famous, from an English point of view, was Catherine, the wife of Prince Arthur and later his brother Henry.
Isabella and Ferdinand's marriage paved the way for the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country that we now know as Spain.
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