- Eleanor of Guzman
Eleanor of Guzman (ca 1310 – 1351) was a
mistress of KingAlfonso XI of Castile . She is known in Spanish as Leonor Núñez de Guzmán.She was born in
Seville , daughter of the Castilian noblesPedro Núñez de Guzmán (descendant of the noble family ofSaint Dominic ) andJuana Ponce de León (great-granddaughter of KingAlfonso IX of León ), and sister of Alfonso Núñez de Guzmán (ca 1300 –Gibraltar , 1342),Master of theOrder of Santiago , married ca 1330 to Dona Dona María de La Cerda, 1st Lady ofVillafranca de Valcárcel (ca 1290 –), without issue.Eleanor and Alfonso had ten children:
*Pedro Alfonso of Castile, 1st Lord of
Aguilar de Campoo (1330 - 1338).
*Juana Alfonso of Castile, 1st Lady ofTrastamara (born 1330).
*Sancho Alfonso of Castile, 1st Lord of Ledesma (1331 - 1343).
*Enrique Alfonso of Castile, 1st Count of Trastamara (1334 - 1379), in future king Henry II of Castile.
*Fadrique Alfonso of Castile , Master of theOrder of Santiago and 1st Lord ofHaro ; (born 1335).
*Fernando Alfonso of Castile, 2nd Lord of Ledesma.
*Tello Alfonso of Castile, 2nd Lord ofAguilar de Campoo (born 1337).
*Juan Alfonso of Castile, 1st Lord ofBadajoz andJerez de la Frontera (1341 - 1359).
*Sancho Alfonso of Castile, 1st Count of Alburquerque (born 1342).
*Pedro Alfonso of Castile (1345 - 1359).
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