Eleanor de Guzmán
Leonor (Eleanor) de Guzmán y Ponce de León (1310–1351) was a Castilian noblewoman. After about 1330, she became the long-term mistress and favourite of Alfonso XI, 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. She was then executed by her enemies.
Eleanor de Guzmán | |
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Guzmán bidding farewell to her son Fadrique Alfonso before her execution | |
| 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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