latristereina:On June 29, just as the army made final preparations for its departure, Isabella went
latristereina:On June 29, just as the army made final preparations for its departure, Isabella went into labor and delivered another daughter. The blond child was named Maria in honor of the Virgin. However, the labor pangs continued. Thirty-five hours later Isabella’s midwife and a court physician finally delivered the exhausted queen of another child—a stillborn daughter. Ferdinand stood by anxiously, relieved to hear that his wife had survived the ordeal. Nevertheless, Isabella’s difficult birthing “did not delay the enterprise” any longer. On July 1 Ferdinand and an army of 5,000 cavalry and 8,000 infantrymen departed for Loja.- Nancy Rubin Stuart, Isabella of Castile: The First Renaissance QueenThe day before her husband was due to depart, she gave birth to her fourth child, a baby girl called María. In what may have been Isabella’s most painful birthing experience yet, the little girl’s twin was stillborn a day and a half later. And then her husband left, on his way to a new and different kind of war while, according to Pulgar, Isabella continued to oversee it all from a safe distance.- Giles Tremlett, Isabella of Castile: Europe’s First Great Queen -- source link
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