The Catholic Monarchs — Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile — had five children together.
The Catholic Monarchs — Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile — had five children together. Each child was married off to a promising European neighbour, thereby acting as a diplomatic tool in the Monarchs’ reassertion of royal authority over Spain.
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