[34], Alfonso's wife, Maria Christina of Austria, was expecting a child with many hoping for a male heir. In the district of Cabezón-Cigales, Henry IV promulgated the Royal Decree of 4 September recognizing his brother Alfonso as successor. John, Prince of Asturias (Spanish: Juan; 30 June 1478 – 4 October 1497), was the only son of Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon who survived to adulthood. [7], With the arrival of the House of Bourbon to the Spanish throne after the War of the Spanish Succession begins a new period for the Principality of Asturias, whose population looked upon the new dynasty with hope. By terms of the treaty they eventually negotiated, the former Queen of Portugal (her marriage having been annulled by the Pope) was given two options: she could either wed Prince John, waiting 13 or 14 years until the prince was old enough to be married (by which time Joanna herself would be at least thirty) or she could enter a convent; either way she was to give up her claim to the throne. Titular Prince of Asturias by designation of his father. His mother was Maria Manuela of Portugal, daughter of John III of Portugal. [8] Two months later, on December 8, the Princess of Asturias gave birth to their only child, a stillborn girl. After two decades of conflicts of varying intensity, the parties arrived at a compromise through means of the marriage between Prince Henry (son and heir of King John I) and Catherine of Lancaster (only surviving child of John and Constance). He and his wife Margaret had arrived a week earlier, on the way to the wedding of his older sister in Portugal. [...]. For other uses, see. His cause of death was cancer. John, Prince of Asturias's sister, Katherine of Aragon, died on January 7, 1536 as he was 50 years old. ", This page was last edited on 26 March 2021, at 05:35. John's death was followed closely by that of his sister Isabella in 1498. Nevertheless, Isabella maintained the control of the Principality through the Count of Luna. 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Apr 28, 2012 - Juan (1478 - 1497). [25], With the Catholic Monarchs, there began a policy of reintegration of the royal patrimony that gave rise to a long fight with the principality, lasting from 1483 to 1490, with the signing of an agreement by which the House of Quiñones handed over to the Crown the districts of Cangas, Tineo, Llanes, and Ribadesella in exchange for five million maravedis and the Leonese Babias. The imperialist aspirations are observed in the new title of the heir of the Catholic Monarchs: "Prince of these Kingdoms, Prince of the Spains and the New World" (Príncipe de estos Reynos, Príncipe de las Españas y del Nuevo Mundo). 201. Her first betrothal to Charles VIII ended when he rebuked her. [21] On 31 May of that same year the future Henry IV tried to make the Majorat effective and remember Oviedo and the twenty-one principal Asturian villages that rightfully belonged to his lordship even though he had not "executed or used [the principality] because of my minority and the great debates and scandals that have taken place in these kingdoms".[22]. She was sworn Princess of Asturias in the Cortes of Burgos of 1424 only by the procurators of twelve cities. The jurisdictional lordships, forms of government – not of ownership or possession, which were consolidated in the 14th and 15th centuries – were subrogations of the royal power for the administration of towns, usually those with geographical or structural difficulties that generated income. [7] At the beginning of the 19th century, the Spanish Constitution of 1812 (European year of revolutions) with consent of its counterparties ascribed the title to the heir of the Crown. [...], Art. 212. On 11 June 1933, Prince Alfonso renounced to his dynastic rights in order to contracted a, On 15 January 1941, a few weeks before his death (on 28 February), the exiled King Alfonso XIII abdicated in his son and heir, Prince Juan, who became in the new King in exile; however, he preferred to use the title. His dog, a lurcher called Bruto, had whimpered as he died, then stayed next to his coffin throughout the vigil in Salamanca's main church. Although all the heirs of the Crown of Castile have traditionally been considered Princes of Asturias, not all had a formal act by which the jurisdictional lordship was granted;[24] strictly speaking, the only Princes of Asturias were Henry, during 1388–1390, Enrique, during 1444–1453, Isabella during 1468–1474, and John, briefly during 1496–1497. It was a good marriage and John was devoted to Margaret. Similarly, Maximilian's son Philip and John's sister Joanna were to be married.[4]. [26] In 1496 there was an attempt to revive the principality by Royal Letter dated 20 May, in which the monarchs, "wishing to observe the ancient custom" of their Kingdoms – an allusion to Aragon – gave to Prince John the rents and jurisdictions of the Asturian places that had previously reverted to the Crown, reserving to them the majority of the judges[clarification needed] and the condition of not alienating his patrimony. John was also naturally gifted in music and was able to play the flute, violin, and the clavichord with ease and great skill. John, Prince of Asturias (Juan; 30 June 1478 – 4 October 1497), was the only son of Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon who survived to adulthood. His parents won the war against the King and Queen of Portugal. Therefore, a healthy woman, with a placid disposition was ideal.[3]. The Prince ruled it in representation of the King and was able to appoint judges, mayors, etc. [5], Infanta Joanna left Spain to marry Philip the Handsome in late 1496. Ferdinand II was therefore against the French. John's birth helped consolidate Isabella's position as sovereign as she had given birth to a legitimate male heir. On 8 July 1388 the Treaty of Bayonne was signed between John of Lancaster and King John I of Castile, establishing the final dynastic reconciliation after the assassination of King Peter I. [14] During the reign of his half brother King John I, the Count of Noreña and Gijón revolted against him several times; for this reason, the King decided to confiscate the counties and incorporate them to the Crown,[15] promising in a document dated 18 July 1383 that they would always remain part of the royal demesne.[16]. 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