page_title: John, Prince of Asturias
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: John, Prince of Asturias / Death
caption_attribution_description: Español: Sepulcro del príncipe Juan de Aragón en el Real Monasterio de Santo Tomás, en Ávila.
context_page_description: John, Prince of Asturias, was the only son of Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon who survived to adulthood.
context_section_description: On 4 October 1497, a messenger came to John's parents and informed them that their son lay dangerously ill in Salamanca. He and his wife Margaret had arrived a week earlier, on the way to the wedding of his older sister in Portugal. At once Ferdinand rushed to his son's bedside while Isabella remained behind fretting over the life of her only son. Ferdinand was with his son as John died in the arms of his former tutor Fray Diego Deza.
  He died possibly from tuberculosis, but rumors circulated John had died of sexual over-exertion at age eighteen. His dog, a lurcher called Bruto, had whimpered as he died, then stayed next to his coffin throughout the vigil in Salamanca's main church. John's devastated mother would later keep the dog next to her, as if to keep the memory of her beloved son with her. Two months later, on December 8, the Princess of Asturias gave birth to their only child, a stillborn girl.
caption: Tomb of Prince John at Real Monasterio de Santo Tomás in Ávila
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