- Born 11 August 1311 - Salamanca, Spain
- Deceased 26 March 1350 - Gibraltar, Spain,aged 38 years old
Parents
King Fernando IV Of Castile-Leon 1285-1312 - Princess Constanza Of Portugal 1289-1313
Spouses and children
- Married in September 1328, Alfayate, Spain, to Princess Maria Of Portugal 1313-1357 (Parents : King Afonso IV Of Portugal 1291-1357 & Princess Beatrice Of Castile 1293-1359)with
Prince Fernandao Of Castile 1331-- King Pedro III Of Castile-Leon 1334-1368 With Marie Of Padilla 1334-1361
- With Mistress Eleanor Of Guzman 1310-1351 (Parents :Pedro Núñez de Guzmán & Juana Ponce de León)with
- Prince Alfonso Duke Of Aquilar 1330-
- Prince Fernandao Duke Of Ledesma 1331-
- King Henry II Of Castile 1332-1379 With Juana Manuel Of Castile 1339-1381
- Prince Fadrique Duke Of Haro 1332-
- Prince Federigo Duke Of Medina 1333-1358 With X La Paloma
- Prince Alfonso Duke Of Ledesma 1336-
- Prince Tello Duke Of Constaneda 1337-
- Prince Juan Duke Of Badajoz 1341-
- Prince Sancho Of Castile, Duke of Albuquerque 1342-1375 With Princess Beatriz Of Portugal 1347-1381
Princess Juana Of Castile 1344-- Prince Pedro Duke Of Aquilar 1345-
Siblings
- Princess Leonor Of Castile-Leon 1307-
- Princess Constanza Of Castile 1309-
- King Alfonso XI Of Castile-Leon 1311-1350
Notes
Individual Note
Alfonso XI of Castile
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alfonso XI of Castile (Salamanca, August 13, 1311 Gibraltar, March 26/27, 1350) was the king of Castile and León, the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile and his wife Constance of Portugal.
He is variously known among Castilian kings as the Avenger or the Implacable, and as "He of Salado River." The first two names he earned by the ferocity with which he repressed the disorder of the nobles after a long minority; the third by his victory in the Battle of Rio Salado over the last formidable Marinid invasion of Spain in 1340.
Alfonso XI never went to the insane lengths of his son Pedro of Castile, but he could be bloody in his methods. He killed for reasons of state without form of trial. He openly neglected his wife, Maria of Portugal, and had an ostentatious passion for Eleanor of Guzman, who bore him ten children. This set Peter an example which he failed to better. It may be that his early death, during the Great Plague of 1350, at the Siege of Gibraltar, only averted a desperate struggle with Peter, though it was a misfortune in that it removed a ruler of eminent capacity, who understood his subjects well enough not to go too far.
[edit] Marriage and children
Alfonso XI first married Costanza Manuel of Castile on 1325, but divorced her two years later. His second marriage, on 1328, was to Maria of Portugal, daughter of Alfonso IV of Portugal. She was the mother of his sons Fernando (Valladolid, 1332 1333) and Pedro of Castile.
By his mistress, Eleanor of Guzman, he had ten children:
- Pedro Alfonso of Castile, 1st Lord of Aguilar de Campoo (1330 - 1338).
- Juana Alfonso of Castile, 1st Lady of Trastamara (born 1330).
- Sancho Alfonso of Castile, 1st Lord of Ledesma (1331 - 1343).
- Enrique Alfonso of Castile, 1st Count of Trastamara (1334 - 1379).
- Fadrique Alfonso of Castile, Master of the Order of Santiago and 1st Lord of Haro; (born 1335).
- Fernando Alfonso of Castile, 2nd Lord of Ledesma.
- Tello Alfonso of Castile, 1st Lord of Aguilar de Campoo (1337-1370).
- Juan Alfonso of Castile, 1st Lord of Badajoz and Jerez de la Frontera (1341 - 1359).
- Sancho Alfonso of Castile, 1st Count of Alburquerque (1342-1375).
- Pedro Alfonso of Castile (1345 - 1359).
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