Maria of Portugal

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Portuguese Royalty
House of Burgundy
Afonso Henriques (Afonso I)
Children include
Sancho I
Children include
Afonso II
Children include
Sancho II
Afonso III
Children include
Denis
Children include
Afonso IV
Children include
Peter I
Children include
Ferdinand I
Children include
Beatrice (disputed queen)
Children include
  • Infante Miguel of Castile and Portugal

Infanta Maria of Portugal (pron. IPA[mɐ'ɾiɐ]) was a Portuguese infanta, first daughter of King Afonso IV of Portugal and his first wife Beatrice of Castile. Her maternal grandparents were Sancho IV of Castile and María de Molina.

She was born on 9 February 1313 and became Queen consort of Castile by marriage to Alfonso XI in 1328. She was the mother of Pedro of Castile.

She died in Évora on 18 January 1357 and is buried in the Chapel of the Kings in the Seville Cathedral.


Preceded by
Constance of Portugal
Queen Consort of Castile and Leon
1328–1350
Succeeded by
Blanca of Bourbon