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Castillian princess

For other people named Isabella of Castile, see Isabella of Castile (disambiguation).

Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York (1355 – 23 December 1392) was the daughter of King Peter and his mistress María de Padilla (d.

1361). She accompanied her elder sister, Constance, to England after Constance's marriage to John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and married Gaunt's younger brother, Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York.

Life

Isabella was the youngest of the three daughters of King Peter of Castile by his favourite mistress, María de Padilla (d.

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1361).^[1]

On 21 September 1371, Edward III's fourth son, John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, married Isabella's older sister, Constance (d. 1394), who after the death of their father in 1369 claimed the throne of Castile. Isabella accompanied her sister to England, and on 11 July 1372, at about the age of 17, married John of Gaunt's younger brother, Edmund of Lan