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Шаблон:Other people Шаблон:Infobox royalty Beatrice of Castile (1242/1244 – 27 October 1303), an illegitimate daughter of Alfonso X of Castile and his mistress Mayor Guillén de Guzmán,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn was the second Queen consort of Afonso III of Portugal.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Biographical sketch

She was probably born shortly before 31 December 1244 when her father, King Alfonso, "with the consent of his father", donated Elche to his daughter Beatrice and all the children that he had with Mayor Guillén de Guzmán.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn As part of his strategy to reach an agreement with the Kingdom of Portugal on the sovereignty of the Algarve, King Alfonso X offered his daughter Beatrice in marriage to King Afonso III of Portugal. The wedding was celebrated in 1253.Шаблон:Sfn Under the agreement, the king of Castile promised that we would cede all the rights he held in the Algarve to the first male offspring of Alfonso III and Beatrice when the child was seven years old.Шаблон:Sfn The Portuguese nobility considered this marriage "humiliating for the King of Portugal".Шаблон:Sfn Much more serious was the fact that when the nuptials took place, the Portuguese monarch was still married to Matilda II of Boulogne, who, in 1255, accused her husband before Pope Alexander IV of bigamy.Шаблон:Sfn In 1258, the Pope condemned him for adultery, demanded that he return Matilda's dowry,Шаблон:Sfn and placed him under interdict.Шаблон:Sfn Matilda, however, died that year and the Pope's threats were left in suspense.Шаблон:Sfn

Until her husband's death, Beatrice had great influence in the Portuguese court and supported the rapprochement of the kingdoms of Portugal and Castile.

When her mother died no later than 1267, she inherited her estates in La Alcarria which included Cifuentes, Viana de Mondejar, Palazuelos, Salmerón, Valdeolivas and Alcocer. In the last-mentioned city, she took under her protection the Monastery of Santa Clara that her mother, Mayor Guillén de Guzmán, had founded.Шаблон:Sfn

Queen Beatrice returned to Seville in 1282 due to discrepancies with her son, King Denis. Before November 1282, already a widow, she showed her monetary and personal support for her father in the dispute with her half-brother Sancho. A charter kept at the Torre do Tombo National Archive in Lisbon documents the donation made by King Alfonso X of Castile to his daughter Beatrice of the villas of Mourão, Serpa, Moura with their castles and, on the same day, he also gave her the Kingdom of Niebla and the royal tithes of the city of Badajoz.Шаблон:Sfn She remained at her father's side and was at his deathbed in 1284.Шаблон:Sfn

Beatrice died on 27 October 1303 and was buried at the Monastery of Alcobaça.

Marriage and issue

The bride was about 11 years old and the groom was 42 years old. They had the following children:

Name Birth Death Notes
Branca 25 February 1259 17 April 1321 Lady of Las HuelgasШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
Dinis 9 October 1261 7 January 1325 Succeeded him as 6th King of Portugal; married Infanta Elizabeth of AragonШаблон:Sfn
Afonso 8 February 1263 2 November 1312 Lord of Portalegre; married Infanta Violante Manuel (daughter of Manuel of Castile)
Sancha 2 February 1264 c. 1284[1]  
Maria 1265[2] Шаблон:Circa[2]  
Vicente 1268[2] 1268[2]  
Fernando 1269[2] 1269[2]  

Ancestry

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