Sancho of Castile, Count of Alburquerque

Sancho Alfonso of Castile (1342–1374), known in Spanish as Don Sancho Alfonso de Castilla, was Infante of Castile, 1st Count of Alburquerque.

Sancho Alfonso
1st Count of Alburquerque
Sancho's tomb in the Cathedral of Burgos
Born1342
Sevilla
Died19 March 1374 (aged 3132)
Burgos
SpouseBeatrice of Portugal
IssueFernando Sánchez, 2nd Count of Alburquerque
Eleanor, Queen of Aragon
(illeg.) Leonor Sánchez
HouseCastilian House of Ivrea
FatherAlfonso XI of Castile
MotherLeonor de Guzmán

He was the ninth of the ten illegitimate children of Alfonso XI of Castile and Leonor de Guzmán.[1]

He was born in Seville. He participated in a revolt of the Castilian nobles against the despotic rule of his brother, Peter of Castile.

In 1373, Sancho married Beatrice of Portugal,[2] daughter of Peter I of Portugal and Inês de Castro. They had two children: Fernando Sánchez, 2nd Count of Alburquerque, and Eleanor of Alburquerque, who married Ferdinand I of Aragon.

He also had an illegitimate daughter, Leonor Sánchez de Castilla, who had a liaison with her first cousin Fadrique de Castilla, 1st Duke of Benavente, illegitimate son of Henry II of Castile with mistress Beatriz Ponce de León.

Ancestors

References

  1. Lopes 1988, p. xxxviii.
  2. de Pina Baleiras 2020, p. 46.
  3. de Sousa, Antonio Caetano (1735). Historia genealogica da casa real portugueza. Lisboa Occidental. p. 415.

Sources

  • Lopes, Fernão (1988). The English in Portugal, 1367-87: Extracts from the Chronicles of Dom Fernando and Dom Joao. Translated by Lomax, Derek W.; Oakley, R.J. Aris & Phillips Ltd.
  • de Pina Baleiras, Isabel (2020). "Portugal, 1385: a people's choice or coup d'etat?". In Rodrigues, Ana Maria S. A.; Silva, Manuela Santos; Spangler, Jonathan (eds.). Dynastic change : legitimacy and gender in medieval and early modern monarchy. Routledge.
  • Francisco de Moxó y de Montoliu, Estudios sobre las relaciones entre Aragón y Castilla, 1997, ISBN 84-7820-387-7
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