Leonor of Aragon (1402-1445)

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Aragonese, Valencian and Sicilian Royalty
House of Trastámara

Ferdinand I Children include    Alfonso (future Alfonso V of Aragon, III of Valencia and I of Sicily and Naples)    John (future John II of Aragon, Valencia and Navarre and I of Sicily)    Eleanor, Queen of Portugal Alfonso V (III of Valencia and I of Sicily and Naples)    Ferdinand I of Naples (natural son) John II (I of Sicily and II of Navarre) Children include    Eleanor, Queen of Navarre    Ferdinand (future Ferdinand II of Aragon, Valencia and Sicily, III of Naples, IV of Castile and V of Leon)    Blanca    Joan, Queen of Naples    Charles IV of Navarre Ferdinand II (III of Naples, IV of Castile and V of Leon) Children include    Isabella, Queen of Portugal    Joan, Queen of Castile    Juan, Prince of Asturias    Mary, Queen of Portugal    Catherine, Queen of England Grandchildren include    Miguel da Paz, Crown Prince of Portugal and Spain    Charles (future Charles I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire)

Eleanor of Aragon (c. 1402 - February 19, 1445) was the daughter of Ferdinand I of Aragon and Eleanor of Alburquerque.

She married Duarte (Edward), King of Portugal on September 22, 1428. They had nine children, of which five survived to adulthood.

[edit] Issue

• Prince John, October 1429-August 14, 1433.
• Princess Philippa November 27, 1430-March 24, 1439.
• Afonso V of Portugal January 15, 1432-August 28, 1481; who succeeded Duarte as 12th King of Portugal.
• Princess Maria, December 7, 1432-December 8, 1432.
• Prince Ferdinand, November 17, 1433-September 18, 1470; Duke of Viseu and father of future king Manuel I of Portugal.
• Princess Leonor, September 18, 1434-September 3, 1467; married Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor.
• Prince Edward, July 12, 1435-July 12, 1435.
• Princess Catherine, November 26, 1436-June 17, 1463.
• Princess Joana, March 31, 1439-June 13, 1475; married King Henry IV of Castile.

[edit] Regent

When her husband died in September 13, 1438, she was appointed as regent of Portugal in his will. However, she was inexperienced and, as an Aragonese, unpopular with the people, who preferred the late king's brother Pedro, Duke of Coimbra. Negotiations for a compromise arrangement were drawn out over several months, but were complicated by the interference of the Count of Barcelos and the Archbishop of Lisbon, as also by her giving birth to a posthumous daughter in March 1439, and by the death of her eldest daughter, Philippa.

Eventually, the Cortes appointed Pedro the sole regent. Eleanor continued conspiring, but was forced to go into exile in Castile in December 1440. She died at Toledo in February 1445 and is buried in Batalha, Portugal.

[edit] Ancestry

16. Alfonso XI of Castile (= 12)

8. Henry II of Castile

17. Eleanor of Guzman (= 13)

4. John I of Castile

18. Juan Manuel, Duke of Peñafiel

9. Juana Manuel of Castile

19. Blanca de La Cerda y Lara

2. Ferdinand I of Aragon

20. Alfonso IV of Aragon

10. Peter IV of Aragon

21. Teresa d'Entença

5. Eleanor of Aragon

22. Peter II of Sicily

11. Eleanor of Sicily

23. Elisabeth of Carinthia

1. Leonor of Aragon

24. Ferdinand IV of Castile

12. Alfonso XI of Castile

25. Constance of Portugal

6. Sancho of Alburquerque

26. Pedro Núñez de Guzmán

13. Eleanor of Guzman

27. Juana Ponce de León

3. Eleanor of Alburquerque

28. Afonso IV of Portugal

14. Peter I of Portugal

29. Beatrice of Castile

7. Infanta Beatriz of Portugal

30. Pedro Fernandez de Castro

15. Inês de Castro

31. Aldonça Lourenço de Valadares

Preceded by Philippa of Lancaster

Queen Consort of Portugal 14 August 1433-13 September 1438

Succeeded by Isabel of Coimbra