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Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon

1401 - 1458

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Maria of Castile (14 September 1401 – 4 September 1458) was Queen of Aragon and Naples as the spouse of Alfonso V of Aragon. Maria acted twice as the regent of Aragon during the reign of her spouse, as he was absent during most of his reign; those regencies lasted between 1420 and 1423 and between 1432 and 1458. She was also briefly Princess of Asturias in her own right as the heiress presumptive to the throne of Castile. She succeeded her father, Henry III of Castile, as Princess of Asturias in 1402. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon is the 4,630th most popular politician (up from 5,873rd in 2019), the 382nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 531st in 2019) and the 136th most popular Spanish Politician.

Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, was most famous for being the wife of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and the mother of King Charles I of Spain.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon ranks 4,630 out of 19,576. Before her are Antti Aarne, Franz Josef Strauss, Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Anne of York, and Giuseppe Conte. After her are Amyntas I of Macedon, Ruud Lubbers, Claudia Acte, Bernabò Visconti, Moza bint Nasser, and Bartolomé Mitre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1401, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon ranks 7. Before her are Masaccio, Catherine of Valois, Nicholas of Cusa, Francesco I Sforza, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, and Emperor Shōkō. After her are Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Albert III, Duke of Bavaria, Stephen Zápolya, George Sphrantzes, Badi' al-Zaman Mirza, and Mesih Pasha. Among people deceased in 1458, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon ranks 5. Before her are Pope Callixtus III, Alfonso V of Aragon, Lazar Branković, and Arthur III, Duke of Brittany. After her are John II of Cyprus, Basarab II of Wallachia, Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Fernão Lopes, and Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon ranks 382 out of 3,355. Before her are Gérard Encausse (1865), Antipope Clement VIII (1370), David Villa (1981), Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), Luis Ramírez de Lucena (1475), and Joseph Calasanz (1556). After her are Ramiro I of Asturias (790), Thérésa Tallien (1773), Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), Joanot Martorell (1415), Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453), and Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon ranks 136. Before her are Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi (844), Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (-100), Chindasuinth (563), Hisham II (965), Yusuf I of Granada (1318), and Juan Negrín (1892). After her are Ramiro I of Asturias (790), Hosius of Corduba (256), Ordoño I of Asturias (821), José María Aznar (1953), José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (1960), and Martin I of Sicily (1374).

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