Eleanor de Guzmán
Castilian noblewoman and long-term mistress to Alfonso XI of Castile / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leonor (Eleanor) de Guzmán y Ponce de León (1310–1351)[1] was a Castilian noblewoman. After about 1330, she became the long-term mistress and favourite of Alfonso XI,[2] with whom she had the illegitimate son Henry "the Fratricidal", future first monarch of the House of Trastámara. She held the lordship of Medina-Sidonia until she fell from grace in the wake of Alfonso's death in 1350.[3] She was then executed by her enemies.[4]
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Born | 1310 Seville |
Died | 1351 (aged 40–41) Talavera de la Reina |
Buried | Collegiate church of Santa María, Talavera de la Reina |
Spouse(s) | Juan de Velasco |
Issue among others... | Henry II of Castile Fadrique Alfonso, Lord of Haro Tello Alfonso, Lord of Aguilar de Campoo Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque |
Father | Pedro Núñez de Guzmán |
Mother | Beatriz Ponce de León |
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