WI: Catherine of Aragon isn't born?

Many others? Isabella the Catholic? I only know of one stillbirth (a son) in 1475, a daughter who died shortly after birth (Maria's twin sister) and SOME mention a miscarriage/stillborn son in 1483. All in all, that's 2/3 dead children, versus 5 surviving ones in 10 years ('75-'85), a slightly better record than her English married daughter at around the same age (24yo vs. 29yo)

Apparently there was a few between Isabella in 1470 and Juan in 1498. A stillborn son in 1475 and a few others are sometimes mentioned. And even if there was only 3, that's still a lot. Not the terrible amount of Catherine of Aragon or Catherine of Portugal, but still a lot.
 
Apparently there was a few between Isabella in 1470 and Juan in 1498. A stillborn son in 1475 and a few others are sometimes mentioned. And even if there was only 3, that's still a lot. Not the terrible amount of Catherine of Aragon or Catherine of Portugal, but still a lot.

As I say, I've never seen contemporary sources cited as to mention pregnancies between the Princess of the Asturias and the stillborn son in '75. I don't say it's impossible but any source that assumes Isabel must've had and lost babies in the interim makes it as likely that she went through a "dry spell".
 
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