Alfonso e isabel de castilla biography

For other Princes of Asturias named Alfonso, see Alfonso, Prince of Asturias.

Prince of Asturias

Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (17 November &#;&#; 5 July ), called Alfonso the Innocent, was the figurehead of rebelling Castilian magnates against his half-brother Henry IV, who had recognized him as heir presumptive.

Childhood

Alfonso was the only surviving son of John II by his second wife, Isabella of Portugal. Alfonso's older sister, the future Isabella I of Castile, was also the product of this second marriage.

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After the death of his father, John II, Alfonso, his mother and sister were virtually exiled, his mother to Arevalo and the children to Segovia. When Alfonso was around seven years of age the two children were moved to Henry's court at Madrid and were placed in Queen Joan's household.

During this period it is rumored that Queen Joan tried to poison Alfonso on at least one occasion, to secure the succession for her only daught