List of princesses of Asturias by marriage explained

This is a list of women who held the title Princess of Asturias (Spanish; Castilian: Princesa de Asturias, Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese: Princesa d'Asturies) by marriage.

The title was created in 1388 for the future Henry III of Castile and Catherine of Lancaster. A part of the pact ("Accord of Bayonne") was to grant the young couple the title of Prince and Princess of Asturias, which was modelled after that of Prince of Wales in the Kingdom of England. The title was to belong to the official successor of the Castilian throne. Thus the first holder of the princedom was the young Henry of Castile and the first woman to hold the title by marriage was his wife, Catherine of Lancaster.

Leonor, Princess of Asturias, elder daughter of King Felipe VI of Spain, holds the title in her own right, and not by marriage, as she is the heiress presumptive to the Spanish crown. [1]

Princess of Asturias

This is a list of Princesses of Asturias who held the title by their marriage to the Prince of Asturias:

PictureName BirthMarriageBecame princessCeased to be princessDeathSpouse
Catherine of Lancaster31 March 137317 September 13889 October 1390
became queen
2 June 1418Henry (III)
Blanche II of Navarre4 June 142416 October 144027 July 1453
divorce
2 December 1464Henry (IV)
Margaret of Austria10 January 14803 April 14974 October 1497
husband's death
1 December 1530John
Maria Manuela of Portugal15 October 152715 November 154312 July 1545Philip (II)
Mary I of England18 February 151625 July 155416 January 1556
became queen
17 November 1558
Elisabeth of France22 November 160225 November 161531 March 1621
became queen
6 October 1644Philip (IV)
Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans11 December 170920 January 172214 January 1724
became queen
16 June 1742Louis
Barbara of Portugal4 December 171120 January 17299 July 1746
became queen
27 August 1758Ferdinand (VI)
Maria Luisa of Parma9 December 17514 September 176514 December 1788
became queen
2 January 1819Charles (IV)
Maria Antonia of Sicily14 December 17844 October 180221 May 1806Ferdinand (VII)
Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano15 September 197222 May 200419 June 2014
became queen
-Felipe (VI)

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.casareal.es/ES/FamiliaReal/PrincesaLeonor/Paginas/subhome.aspx Spanish monarchy website