Constance of Portugal

Queen of Castile and León from 1302 to 1312

For the Portuguese infanta daughter of Sancho I, see Infanta Constança of Portugal.

Constance of Portugal

Constance of Portugal, in António de Hollanda's Genealogy of the Royal Houses of Spain and Portugal (1534).

Queen consort of Castile and León
Tenure| 23 January 1302 – 7 September 1312

Born| 3 January 1290
Kingdom of Portugal
Died| 18 November 1313(1313-11-18) (aged 23)
Sahagún, Crown of Castile
Burial|

Sahagún, Spain

Spouse|

Ferdinand IV, King of Castile

(m. 1302; died 1312)​

Issue| Eleanor, Queen of Aragon
Alfonso XI, King of Castile
House| Portuguese House of Burgundy
Father| Denis, King of Portugal
Mother| Elizabeth of Aragon

Constance of Portugal (pt: Constança; 3 January 1290 - Sahagún, 18 November 1313; Portuguese pronunciation: [kõʃˈtɐ̃sɐ]), was Queen of Castile by her marriage to Ferdinand IV.

She was the eldest child and only daughter of King Denis of Portugal and his wife Elizabeth of Aragon, later Saint.

## Life

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### Queen consort of Castile and León (1302-1312)

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The treaty signed between King Sancho IV of Castile and Denis of Portugal in September 1291, established the betrothal between the eldest son and heir of Sancho IV, Ferdinand (aged 5), with the daughter of the Portuguese King, Constance (aged 20 months).

Finished with the Valladolid Courts of 1295, María de Molina, Dowager Queen and Regent of the Kingdom of Castile, in the name of her son Ferdinand IV and Henry of Castile the Senator, co-regent of the Kingdom, had a meeting with King Denis of Portugal in Ciudad Rodrigo, where the Queen-Regent surrounded several strongholds in order to end the hostilities between both Kingdoms; in addition, the betrothal between Ferdinand IV and Constance was confirmed, and also the future marriage between Ferdinand IV's sister Beatrice with Constance's brother and heir of the Portuguese throne, Afonso was arranged. Later, in the Treaty of Alcañices (1297), the betrothal between Constance and Ferdinand IV was again ratified.

Coat of arms of Constance as Queen consort of Castile and León.

On 23 January 1302 at Valladolid, Constance finally married King Ferdinand IV of Castile. Five years later (1307), shortly after the birth of their first-born child, a daughter called Eleanor (future Queen consort of Aragon), the Castilian King, who was besieging the city of Tordehumos which housed the rebellious magnate Juan Núñez II de Lara, chief of the House of Lara, sent his wife and newborn daughter to request a loan from her father, King Denis.[1] During the Valladolid Courts of 1307, where Constance didn't participate, Ferdinand IV tried to end the abuses of the nobility, correct the administration of justice and soften the tax pressure over the Castilians. The next year (1308), the Queen gave birth to a second daughter, named Constance after her, who died in 1310, aged 2 and was buried in the disappeared convent of Santo Domingo el Real.[a]

In April 1311, while in Palencia, Ferdinand IV became gravely ill and was transported to Valladolid, despite the protests of Constance, who wished his transport to Carrión de los Condes, with the purpose to control him with the help of her ally, Juan Núñez II de Lara. During the King's illness, disputes erupted between Juan Núñez II de Lara, Peter of Castile, Lord of Cameros, John of Castile, Lord of Valencia de Campos and Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena. While the King was in Toro, the Queen gave birth in Salamanca on 13 August 1311 a son, the future Alfonso XI of Castile. The newborn heir to the Castilian throne was baptized in the Old Cathedral of Salamanca, and, against the King's wishes (who wanted to trust his son to his mother María de Molina), the will of Constance prevailed, who (with the support of Juan Núñez II de Lara and Lope Díaz de Haro) wanted to give the custody of the prince to Peter, Lord of Cameros and brother of Ferdinand IV.

In the autumn of 1311, a conspiracy arose with the intent to depose Ferdinand IV and place the Lord of Cameros in the throne. The conspiracy had as protagonists John, Lord of Valencia de Campos and uncle of Ferdinand IV, Juan Núñez II de Lara and Lope Díaz de Haro; however, the project failed because of the staunch refusal of the Dowager Queen María de Molina.

In the Valladolid Courts of 1312, the last of the reign of Ferdinand IV, funds were raised to maintain the army that would be used in the following campaign against the Kingdom of Granada, and the administration of justice, territorial administration and local administration were reorganized, showing with this the King his wishes for a deep reform in all areas of administration, while attempting to reinforce the Crown's authority in detriment of the nobility. The Courts approved the concession of five services and one forera coin, destined to the payment of the King's vassals, with the exception of Juan Núñez II de Lara, who became vassal of King Denis of Portugal.

On 7 September 1312 at the city of Jaén, Ferdinand IV died aged 26. Because of the high temperature during the month of his death, Peter, Lord of Cameros and brother of the late King and the now Dowager-Queen Constance decided that his remains would be buried in the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba. The Crónica de Alfonso XI confirmed the high temperature as the cause that motivated the burial of Ferdinand IV in Córdoba.[3]

The funeral cortege who accompanied the remains of Ferdinand IV to the city of Córdoba was presided by Constance. The body of the King was deposited in the major chapel of the cathedral by disposition of his wife, and it was also decided that six chaplains would pray every night before his tomb during the month of September in the anniversary of his death, in perpetuity.

### Minority of King Alfonso XI of Castile (1312-1313)

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When John, Lord of Valencia de Campos and Juan Núñez II de Lara learned of the death of King Ferdinand IV, they asked Queen María de Molina (who was in Valladolid) to take the regency on behalf of her one-year-old grandson Alfonso XI, in order to avoid that Peter of Castile, Lord of Cameros took it. However, the Queen refused to assume the regency and asked both of them to talk of it with her son Peter.

Juan Núñez II de Lara then tried to kidnap the infant King, who was in the city of Ávila. However, the local authorities stopped him on orders from María de Molina. Shortly after, Peter, Lord of Cameros arrived at Ávila, but his entrance into the city was refused. In the meanwhile, John, Lord of Valencia de Campos and Juan Núñez II de Lara, who were in Burgos, called the ricoshombres and other main authorities of the kingdom to be reunited in Sahagún, at the same time that Peter, Lord of Cameros obtained the consent of María de Molina to be the guardian of his nephew Alfonso XI during his minority. When John, Lord of Valencia de Campos (who was at Sahagún with the authorities of the kingdom) knew about the closeness of Peter, Lord of Cameros, he offended him in front of various witnesses, causing the Lord of Cameros to march against him. The Lord of Valencia de Campos and his collaborators sent Philip of Castile, Lord of Cabrera and Ribera, brother of Peter, to talk to him; however, the Lord of Cameros reprimanded his brother for taking the side of the Lord of Valencia de Campos. The Lord of Cabrera and Ribera presented to his mother María de Molina the propositions of the Lord of Valencia de Campos, which consisted of a triumvirate between María de Molina and the Lords of Cameros and Valencia de Campos. The Queen agreed with this idea.

#### The Palencia Courts of 1313

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Pedro, Lord of Cameros went to the Cortes of Palencia of 1313 accompanied by an army of 12,000 men, after having recruited in Asturias and Cantabria, and had gone to the Cortes without desire for a fight, but ready for one if the other side wished it. On the side of the Lord of Cameros militated his uncle Alfonso Téllez de Molina (brother of María de Molina), his son Tello Alfonso de Meneses, Rodrigo Álvarez de Asturias and Fernán Ruiz de Saldaña, among other ricoshombres. The main supporters of the Lord of Valencia de Campos were Philip, Lord of Cabrera and Ribera, Fernando de la Cerda and Juan Núñez II de Lara.

Once assembled in the city of Palencia, it was agreed that each of the two sides would keep only 1,300 men in the vicinity of the city, although the agreement was broken by the Lord of Valencia de Campos, who kept next to him 4,000 men, to which the Lord of Cameros responded by keeping 5,000 of his men at his side. During the Cortes, the Dowager Queen Constance stopped supporting the Lord of Cameros and began to support the Lord of Valencia de Campos, proceeding Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena (grandson of Ferdinand III of Castile) in the same way. Fearing that disputes would arise, at the initiative of Queen María de Molina, the Lords of Cameros and Valencia de Campos and their companions left the city and stayed in nearby villages. Peter stayed in Amusco, John in Becerril de Campos, Queen Constance in Grijota, and María de Molina in Monzón de Campos. At the same time, the prelates and procurators who supported the Lord of Cameros and María de Molina agreed to meet in the church of San Francisco at Palencia, of the Order of the Franciscans, while the supporters of the Lord of Valencia de Campos reunited in the convent of San Pablo of Palencia, of the Order of the Dominicans, linked to the House of Lara. Despite the wishes of Peter and his mother, the supporters of the Lord of Valencia de Campos didn't agree to any compromise and appointed him guardian of the King, while the other side appointed as guardians the Lord of Cameros and Queen María de Molina.

The double Cortes of Palencia of 1313 gave origin to two different orders: one of them granted by the Lord of Valencia de Campos, as tutor of Alfonso XI, to the councils of Castile, León, Extremadura, Galicia and Asturias —territories in which predominated his own supporters—; and the other promulgated by Queen María de Molina and her son, the Lord of Cameros, as joint tutors of Alfonso XI, and delivered at the request of the councils of Castile, León, Toledo, Extremadura, Galicia, Asturias and Andalusia. Both charters note the presence of the clergy, the nobility and the notorious men of the towns, and it was deduced from them that the Lord of Valencia de Campos had a certain advantage in the number and quality of his allies, as well as the Lord of Cameros and Queen María de Molina in prelates, masters of the Military Orders and representatives of the councils. The charter given by Queen María de Molina carried the seals of Alfonso XI and those of both tutors, and the one given by the Lord of Valencia de Campos only his own seal; this could mean that the Royal Chancellery was in the hands of the first.[4] Finished the Cortes, each of the two sides began to use the royal seal to issue orders and privileges.

Finished the Cortes of Palencia of 1313, Alfonso of Valencia and his father John of Castile occupied the city of León, while Peter seized the city of Palencia and went later to Ávila with his mother, where Alfonso XI was. In the meanwhile, both sides tried to reach a definitive agreement on who should be the guardian of the infant King, intervening in the negotiations the Masters of the Orders of Santiago and Calatrava, as well as Don Juan Manuel, supporter of John of Castile. The Lord of Cameros departed for Granada to help Nasr, Sultan of Granada, against whom the son of the arráez of Málaga had revolted. However, at the end of 1313 Peter was informed of the defeat of the Granadian sultan and, during his return to Castile, besieged for three days and took the castle of Rute, located in Córdoba.[5] At the end of 1313, the Lord of Valencia de Campos summoned the procurators of the Kingdom in Sahagún.

### Death and burial

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On 18 November 1313, one day after she had dictated her testament, in which she appointed as executors her parents, the Kings of Portugal,[6] Queen Constance died in Sahagún at the age of 23, which motivated the Lord of Valencia de Campos and his partisans to decide to make an agreement with Queen María de Molina, offering her to be the guardian of the King in the territories in which she and her son were declared tutors, while John of Castile "el de Tarifa" would act as guardian of the King in the territories that supported him, accepting Queen María de Molina the proposal.

After her death, the remains of Queen Constance were buried in the Royal Monastery of San Benito in Sahagún, where King Alfonso VI of León and Castile and several of his wives had been buried.[6] The remains were deposited in a sepulcher, which was placed on the cruiser of the monastery church, next to the graves containing the mortal remains of the wives of Alfonso VI. Her grave was subsequently destroyed either during the fire that the monastery suffered in 1810, during the War of Spanish Independence or during the exclaustration and confiscation of the Royal Monastery of San Benito, carried out in 1835.

Although the remains of King Alfonso VI and those of his wives are currently deposited in two tombs in the Monastery of the Benedictine Mothers of Sahagún, the remains of Queen Constance of Portugal have disappeared. A tombstone of modern marble is preserved in the church of San Juan of Sahagún, carved in the 19th century, and placed in the rung that leads to the high altar of the church, next to a similar gravestone in which a reference is made to Infante Sancho Alfónsez, only son of King Alfonso VI, on which the following epitaph was sculpted:[7]

> H. R. CONSTANCIA. R. FERDINANDI. IV UXOR CUIUS. VITAE FINIS DIE XXIII NOV. Aº MCCCXIII

The epitaph, roughly translated says: "Here lies Queen Constance, wife of King Ferdinand IV. She died on 23 November 1313". The tombstone was carved after the Spanish War of Independence, when, after the destruction caused in the monastery by the looting carried out by the French troops, and by the fire of 1810, the Benedictine monastery was rebuilt. However, due to the confiscation of 1835, the works were paralyzed. The purpose of the tombstone, which measures 1.39 meters long by 0.46 meters wide, was to mark the place occupied by the tomb in which the remains of Queen Constance, who had disappeared, had been resting in the Royal Monastery of San Benito. However, the tombstone was later placed in the church of San Juan of Sahagún.

## Ancestry

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Ancestors of Constance of Portugal

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| 9\. Urraca of Castile

| 2\. Denis, King of Portugal|

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| 10\. Alfonso X of Castile

| 5\. Beatrice of Castile|

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| 11\. Mayor Guillén de Guzmán

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| 12\. James I of Aragon

| 6\. Peter III of Aragon|

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| 13\. Violant of Hungary

| 3\. Elizabeth of Aragon|

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| 14\. Manfred, King of Sicily

| 7\. Constance of Sicily|

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| 15\. Beatrice of Savoy

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## Notes

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1. ^ In 1869 her remains where translated to the crypt of the Church of San Antonio de los Alemanes, where they still remain.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Benavides 1860, p. 193
2. ^ Fernández Peña 2006, p. 894
3. ^ Arco y Garay 1954, p. 279
4. ^ Colmeiro y Penido 1883, p. 23
5. ^ Núñez de Villaizán 1787, p. 23
6. ^ a b Arco y Garay 1954, p. 280
7. ^ Arco y Garay 1954, p. 281

## Bibliography

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* Coria Colino, Jesús J. (1999). Reinado de Fernando IV (1295-1312), 1ra. edición (in Spanish). Palencia: Aretusa. ISBN 84-605-9954-X.
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* Gaibrois Riaño de Ballesteros, Mercedes (1967). María de Molina, tres veces reina (in Spanish). Madrid: Espasa Calpe. Colección Austral nº 1411. OCLC 470262789.
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Constance of Portugal

House of Burgundy

Cadet branch of the House of Capet

Born: 3 January 1290 Died: 18 November 1313

Royal titles
Vacant

Title last held by

Maria of Molina |  Queen consort of Castile and León
1302-1312  | Vacant

Title next held by

Constance of Peñafiel

* v
* t
* e

Royal consorts of Castile

* Sancha of León (1037–1065)
* Alberta (1070–1072)
* Agnes of Aquitaine (1072–1077)
* Constance of Burgundy (1079–1093)
* Bertha (1094–1099)
* Isabel (1100–1107)
* Beatrice (1108–1109)
* Alfonso I of Aragon (1109–1115)
* Berengaria of Barcelona (1128–1149)
* Richeza of Poland (1152–1157)
* Blanca of Navarre (1151–1156)
* Eleanor of England (1177–1214)
* Mafalda of Portugal (1215–1216)
* Elisabeth of Swabia (1219–1235)
* Joan, Countess of Ponthieu (1237–1253)
* Violant of Aragon (1252–1284)
* María de Molina (1284–1295)
* Constance of Portugal (1302–1312)
* Constance of Peñafiel (1325–1327)
* Maria of Portugal (1328–1350)
* Blanche of Bourbon (1353–1361)
* Juana Manuel of Castile (1369–1379)
* Eleanor of Aragon (1379–1382)
* Beatrice of Portugal (1383–1390)
* Catherine of England (1390–1406)
* Maria of Aragon (1418–1445)
* Isabella of Portugal (1447–1454)
* Joan of Portugal (1454–1474)
* Isabella of Portugal (1526–1539)

* v
* t
* e

Royal consorts of León

Astur-Leonese house|

* Jimena of Pamplona
* Muniadona Nuñez
* Elvira Menéndez
* Aragonta Gonzalez
* Sancha Sánchez of Pamplona
* Urraca
* Oneca Sánchez of Pamplona
* Urraca Sánchez of Pamplona
* Urraca Fernández
* Teresa Ansúrez
* Sancha Gómez of Saldaña
* Velasquita Ramírez
* Elvira of Castile
* Elvira Menéndez
* Urraca Garcés of Pamplona
* Jimena Sánchez of Navarre

House of Jiménez|

* Sancha of León
* Agnes of Aquitaine
* Constance of Burgundy

House of Burgundy|

* Berengaria of Barcelona
* Richeza of Poland
* Urraca of Portugal
* Teresa Fernández de Traba
* Urraca López de Haro
* Theresa of Portugal
* Berengaria of Castile
* Elisabeth of Swabia
* Joan of Dammartin
* Violant of Aragon
* María de Molina
* Constance of Portugal
* Constanza Manuel
* Maria of Portugal
* Blanche of Bourbon

House of Trastámara|

* Juana Manuel
* Eleanor of Aragon
* Beatrice of Portugal
* Catherine of Lancaster
* Maria of Aragon
* Isabella of Portugal
* Joan of Portugal

House of Habsburg|

* Isabella of Portugal

* v
* t
* e

Infantas of Portugal

The generations indicate descent form Afonso I, and continues through the House of Aviz, the House of Habsburg through Infanta Isabel, Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Spain, and the House of Braganza through Infanta Catarina, Duchess of Braganza.

| 1st generation|

* Urraca, Queen of León
* Teresa, Countess of Flanders
* Infanta Mafalda

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2nd generation|

* Teresa, Queen of León
* Infanta Sancha, Lady of Alenquer
* Mafalda, Queen of Castile
* Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara
* Berengária, Queen of Denmark

3rd generation|

* Leonor, Queen of Denmark

4th generation|

* Infanta Branca, Lady of Las Huelgas
* Infanta Sancha

5th generation|

* Constança, Queen of Castile and León
* Infanta Maria, Lady of Meneses and Orduña

6th generation|

* Maria, Queen of Castile and León
* Leonor, Queen of Aragon

7th generation|

* Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa
* Infanta Beatriz, Countess of Alburquerque

8th generation|

* Beatriz, Queen of Castile and León
* Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy

9th generation|

* Leonor, Holy Roman Empress
* Infanta Catarina
* Joana, Queen of Castile and León
* Isabel, Queen of Portugal
* Beatriz, Lady of Ravenstein
* Infanta Filipa
* Isabel, Queen of Castile and León
* Infanta Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu

10th generation|

* Joanna, Princess of Portugal
* Leonor, Queen of Portugal
* Isabel, Duchess of Braganza

11th generation|

* Isabel, Queen of Spain
* Beatriz, Duchess of Savoy
* Infanta Maria, Duchess of Viseu

12th generation|

* Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal and Asturias
* Maria, Hereditary Princess of Parma
* Infanta Catarina, Duchess of Braganza

13th generation|

* Isabel Clara, Archduchess of Austria*
* Catalina Micaela, Duchess of Savoy*

14th generation|

* Ana, Queen of France*
* Infanta María*
* María Ana, Holy Roman Empress*
* Infanta Margarita*

15th generation|

* María Teresa, Queen of France*
* Joana, Princess of Beira
* Catarina, Queen of England and Scotland

16th generation|

* Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira
* Infanta Francisca Josefa

17th generation|

* Bárbara, Queen of Spain

18th generation|

* Maria I
* Infanta Maria Ana
* Maria Doroteia
* Benedita, Princess of Brazil

19th generation|

* Mariana Victoria, Infanta Gabriel of Spain

20th generation|

* Infanta Maria Teresa, Countess of Molina
* Maria Isabel, Queen of Spain
* Infanta Maria Francisca, Countess of Molina
* Infanta Isabel Maria
* Infanta Maria da Assunção
* Infanta Ana de Jesus, Marchioness of Loulé

21st generation|

* Maria II**
* Infanta Januária, Countess of Aquila**
* Infanta Paula**
* Francisca, Princess of Joinville**
* Infanta Maria Amélia**
* Infanta Maria das Neves, Duchess of San Jaimeƒ
* Maria Teresa, Archduchess Karl Ludwig of Austriaƒ
* Maria José, Duchess Karl Theodor in Bavariaƒ
* Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarãesƒ
* Maria Ana, Grand Duchess of Luxembourgƒ
* Maria Antónia, Duchess of Parmaƒ

22nd generation|

* Maria Ana, Princess Georg of Saxony***
* Antónia, Princess of Hohenzollern***
* Maria Teresa, Princess Karl Ludwig of Thurn und Taxisƒ◙
* Isabel Maria, Princess of Thurn und Taxisƒ◙
* Maria Ana, Princess Karl August of Thurn und Taxisƒ◙
* Infanta Maria Adelaide, Mrs. van Udenƒ◙

24th generation|

* Infanta Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbraƒ

* also an infanta of Spain and an archduchess of Austria, ** also an imperial princess of Brazil, *** also a princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess in Saxony, ◙ Also a princess of Braganza, ƒ title of pretense

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* t
* e

Portuguese House of Burgundy

Henry, Count of Portugal

| Spouse(s)|

* Theresa of León

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Children|

* Urraca Henriques, wife of Bermudo Pérez de Traba
* Sancha Henriques, Lady of Braganza
* Teresa Henriques
* Henrique Henriques
* Afonso Henriques

Grandchildren|

* Infante Henrique
* Infanta Mafalda
* Urraca, Queen of Léon
* Infanta Sancha
* Sancho I
* Infante João
* Theresa, Countess of Flanders and Duchess of Burgundy

Afonso I of Portugal

| Spouse(s)|

* Mafalda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal

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Children|

* Infante Henrique
* Infanta Mafalda
* Urraca, Queen of Léon
* Infanta Sancha
* Sancho I
* Infante João
* Theresa, Countess of Flanders and Duchess of Burgundy

Grandchildren|

* Theresa, Queen of León
* Infanta Sancha, Lady of Alenquer
* Infante Raimundo
* Infanta Constance
* Afonso II of Portugal
* Peter I, Count of Urgell
* Ferdinand, Count of Flanders
* Infante Henrique
* Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara
* Berengaria, Queen of Denmark
* Mafalda, Queen of Castile

Sancho I of Portugal

| Spouse(s)|

* Dulce of Aragon

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Children|

* Theresa, Queen of León
* Infanta Sancha, Lady of Alenquer
* Infante Raimundo
* Infante Constance
* Afonso II of Portugal
* Peter I, Count of Urgell
* Ferdinand, Count of Flanders
* Infante Henrique
* Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara
* Berengaria, Queen of Denmark
* Mafalda, Queen of Castile

Grandchildren|

* Sancho II
* Afonso III
* Eleanor, junior Queen of Denmark
* Fernando, Lord of Serpa

Afonso II of Portugal

| Spouse(s)|

* Urraca of Castile

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Children|

* Sancho II
* Afonso III
* Eleanor, junior Queen of Denmark
* Fernando, Lord of Serpa

Grandchildren|

* Infanta Blanche, Lady of Las Huelgas
* Denis I of Portugal
* Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Portalegre
* Infanta Sancha
* Infanta Maria
* Infante Vicente
* Infante Fernando

Sancho II of Portugal

| Spouse(s)|

* Mécia Lopes de Haro

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Notes|

* Sancho had no children; he was deposed in 1247 and died the following year.

Afonso III of Portugal

| Spouse(s)|

* Matilda II of Boulogne
* Beatrice of Castile

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Children|

* Infanta Branca, Lady of Las Huelgas
* Denis I of Portugal
* Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Portalegre
* Infanta Sancha
* Infanta Maria
* Infante Vicente
* Infante Fernando

Grandchildren|

* Constance, Queen of Castile
* Afonso IV
* Infante Afonso, Lord of Leiria
* Infanta Maria, Lady of Meneses and Orduña
* Infanta Isabel, Lady of Penela
* Infanta Constança
* Infanta Beatriz, Lady of Lemos

Denis of Portugal

| Spouse(s)|

* Saint Elizabeth of Portugal

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Children|

* Constance, Queen of Castile
* Afonso IV

Grandchildren|

* Maria, Queen of Castile
* Infante Afonso
* Infante Denis
* Peter I
* Infanta Isabel
* Infante João
* Eleanor, Queen of Aragon

Afonso IV of Portugal

| Spouse(s)|

* Beatrice of Castile

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Children|

* Maria, Queen of Castile
* Infante Afonso
* Infante Denis
* Peter I
* Infanta Isabel
* Infante João
* Eleanor, Queen of Aragon

Grandchildren|

* Infante Luís
* Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa
* Ferdinand I
* Infante Afonso
* Infanta Beatrice, Countess of Alburquerque
* Infante John, Duke of Valencia de Campos
* Infante Denis, Lord of Cifuentes

Peter I of Portugal

| Spouse(s)|

* Constanza Manuel
* Inês de Castro

|

Children|

* Infante Luís
* Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa
* Ferdinand I
* Infante Afonso1
* Infanta Beatrice, Countess of Alburquerque1
* Infante John, Duke of Valencia de Campos1
* Infante Denis, Lord of Cifuentes1

Illegitimate
children
included|

* John, Grand Master of the Order of Aviz (future John I)

Grandchildren|

* Beatrice, titular Queen of Portugal
* Infante Fernando, Lord of Eça1
* Infanta Maria, Countess of Valencia de Campos1
* Infanta Brites, Countess of Cigales and Buelna1
* Infante Pedro, Lord of Colmenarejo1
* Infanta Beatrice1

Ferdinand I of Portugal

| Spouse(s)|

* Leonor Teles

|

Children|

* Beatrice, titular Queen of Portugal

Notes
1 the descendants of King Peter I and Inês de Castro's children were recognized as legitimate and were Infantes and Infantas
2 also an Infante of Castile

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* FAST
* WorldCat

National|

* United States

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