Infante don 'Juan de Trastamare de Aragon y de Trastamare de Castilla', (
June 28 1478 in Seville–
October 4 1497), '
Prince of Asturias' and heir of
Spain, was the only son of
Isabella of Castile and
Ferdinand II of Aragon who survived to adulthood. At the age of 18 he married
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. He left his wife pregnant who later gave birth to a stillborn child.
Upon discovery of the island of
Cuba in
1492,
Columbus named it ''Isla Juana'' in deference to Prince Juan, at that time the heir apparent.
[ The Human Record, Vol 1; Letter by Christopher Columbus concerning recently discovered islands, Andrea A.J., Overfield O.H., , , , 2005, ISBN 0-618-37040-4 ]
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