This is a list of women who held the title Princess of Asturias (, ) 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. http://www.casareal.es/ES/FamiliaReal/PrincesaLeonor/Paginas/subhome.aspx Spanish monarchy website
Princess of Asturias This is a list of princesses of Asturias who held the title by their marriage to the prince of Asturias:
Picture Name Birth Marriage Became princess Ceased to be princess Death Spouse Catherine of Lancaster 31 March 1373 17 September 1388 9 October 1390became queen 2 June 1418 Henry (III) Blanche II of Navarre 4 June 1424 16 October 1440 27 July 1453divorce 2 December 1464 Henry (IV) Margaret of Austria 10 January 1480 3 April 1497 4 October 1497husband's death 1 December 1530 John Maria Manuela of Portugal 15 October 1527 15 November 1543 12 July 1545 Philip (II) Mary I of England 18 February 1516 25 July 1554 16 January 1556became queen 17 November 1558 Elisabeth of France 22 November 1602 25 November 1615 31 March 1621became queen 6 October 1644 Philip (IV) Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans 11 December 1709 20 January 1722 14 January 1724became queen 16 June 1742 Louis Barbara of Portugal 4 December 1711 20 January 1729 9 July 1746became queen 27 August 1758 Ferdinand (VI) Maria Luisa of Parma 9 December 1751 4 September 1765 14 December 1788became queen 2 January 1819 Charles (IV) Maria Antonia of Sicily 14 December 1784 4 October 1802 21 May 1806 Ferdinand (VII) Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano 15 September 1972 22 May 2004 19 June 2014became queen - Felipe (VI)
See also List of Asturian consorts Princess of Girona Princess of Viana Duchess of Montblanc Countess of Cervera Duchess of Calabria
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