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Leonor of Aragon (1402-1445)
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Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal
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.
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.
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.
Ancestry
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