WI: No Ferdinand of Aragon

Say that Juana Enriquez dies in childbirth and Ferdinand of Aragon dies or Juana Enriquez is not married to John II of Aragon which makes John II of Aragon heirless, who are the possible heirs of Aragon and who will inherit it and how will history unfold without Ferdinand of Aragon?
 
I am not an expert, but I think the next in line would have been:

Henry, Duke of Segorbe, Count of Ampurias (1445-1522), the grandson of Ferdinand I through the Duke of Villena.
 
I am not an expert, but I think the next in line would have been:

Henry, Duke of Segorbe, Count of Ampurias (1445-1522), the grandson of Ferdinand I through the Duke of Villena.

Not necessarily. Yes, under Salic Law Henry should become king of Aragon. But the problem is that the Aragonese never really followed Salic Law, otherwise Henry should have become king of Aragon when Ferdinand II died. Instead, the king forced the nobility to accept his daugther Joanna and his grandson Charles as his heirs.

So, assuming that Juana Enriquez is barren (kill her earlier wouldn't help, the king would only remarry again) then you have three options: a) the king makes his daugther Eleanor of Navarre his heir, and so Aragon and Navarre are united under the House of Foix; b) the nobles force the king to accept Salic Law and Henry, Duke of Segorbe, becomes king; c) Ferdinand I of Naples, bastard son of Alfonso V (eldest brother of John II) decides to raise a claim to Aragon.

Also, don't forget that if Juana fails to give the king a son then his relationship with his eldest son, Charles of Vianna, might be completely changed. The odds of Charles dieing the way he did IOTL would be much smaller here.
 
Not necessarily. Yes, under Salic Law Henry should become king of Aragon. But the problem is that the Aragonese never really followed Salic Law, otherwise Henry should have become king of Aragon when Ferdinand II died. Instead, the king forced the nobility to accept his daugther Joanna and his grandson Charles as his heirs.

So, assuming that Juana Enriquez is barren (kill her earlier wouldn't help, the king would only remarry again) then you have three options: a) the king makes his daugther Eleanor of Navarre his heir, and so Aragon and Navarre are united under the House of Foix; b) the nobles force the king to accept Salic Law and Henry, Duke of Segorbe, becomes king; c) Ferdinand I of Naples, bastard son of Alfonso V (eldest brother of John II) decides to raise a claim to Aragon.

Also, don't forget that if Juana fails to give the king a son then his relationship with his eldest son, Charles of Vianna, might be completely changed. The odds of Charles dieing the way he did IOTL would be much smaller here.

If we assume that JOhn makes his decision between 68 (birth of Catharine of Foix) and 83 (Francis of Foix's death and Catharine's subsequent marriage) then he may marry Catharine off to the then single Henry of Segorbe despite the 20 year age-gap thus merging the 2 strongest claims but also reducing the likelihood of introducing Salic Law.
 
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