martes, 13 de marzo de 2012

Mary of Portugal. Queen Mary of Castile.


Maria of Portugal (1313-1357). Infanta of Portugal, daughter of Alphonsus IV of Castileand Beatriz Bravo. Queen Consort of Castile by her marriage to Alphonsus XI or Alive,and Lady of Guadalajara, Talavera de la Reina and Olmedo.

She married Alphonsus XI of Castile in September 1328, in Alfayates. Alphonsus XI as part of the pledge he gave to Mary the cities of Guadalajara, Talavera de la Reina andOlmedo. It was not a very well-matched marriage, since Alfonso XI in 1327, when they were closer links with Portugal, he met Eleanor of Guzman, who fell in love and thefollowing year, when Eleanor was widowed started an affair with her that displaced thelegitimate queen and which had the result to 10 bastard children, including the futureKing Henry II of Castile.

On the death of King Alphonsus XI in 1350, Pedro (son of Mary) started a major influence on the government of the kingdom of Castile. In 1351, Queen Mary ordered the murder of Eleanor of Guzman. After the wedding of her son Peter the Cruel to Blanche of Bourbon, the Queen Dowager took part in the revolt noble, in 1354, against Peter I. 


Queen Mary died on January 18, 1357, at age 44. After the death of the queen, was buried in the Monastery of Saint Clement in Seville.

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