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At the age of 18 Juan married Archduchess Margaret of Austria (1480-1530) in the Cathedral of Burgos in April, 1497. Six months later, on the way to the wedding of his older sister in Portugal, he died in Salamanca, possibly from tuberculosis. His wife was left pregnant and later gave birth to a stillborn child. Juan's death, followed closely by those of his elder sister (Isabel, Queen-consort of Portugal) and her only child (Miguel) led to the inheritance of the Spanish kingdoms by the Habsburgs, descendants of his younger sister Juana, who had married the Archduchess Margaret's brother, Philip the Handsome.

In 1492, Columbus named the newly discovered island of Cuba Isla Juana in deference to Prince Juan, at that time the heir apparent.¹

Ancestors

Juan's ancestors in three generations'

Juan of Aragon

Father:
Ferdinand II of Aragon

Paternal Grandfather:
John II of Aragon

Paternal Great-Grandfather:
Ferdinand I of Aragon

Paternal Great-grandmother:
Eleanor of Alburquerque

Paternal Grandmother:
Juana Enríquez

Paternal Great-Grandfather:
Frederick Henriques, Conde de Melgar

Paternal Great-Grandmother:
Mariana de Córdoba

Mother:
Isabella I of Castile

Maternal Grandfather:
John II of Castile

Maternal Great-Grandfather:
Henry III of Castile

Maternal Great-Grandmother:
Katherine of Lancaster

Maternal Grandmother:
Infanta Isabel of Portugal

Maternal Great-grandfather:
Infante João of Portugal

Maternal Great-Grandmother:
Isabella of Braganza

Francisco Pradilla Ortiz's painting "Cortejo del bautizo del Príncipe Don Juan, hijo de los Reyes Católicos, por las calles de Sevilla" (Retinue of the Baptism of Don Juan, son of the Catholic Monarchs, Along the Streets of Seville), 1910

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