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Isabella of Portugal – “profunda tristeza”

Friday, 20 October 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 5

Written by EvaMarie Rush. In 1700, an entire Royal dynasty came to a crashing end with the death of Charles II of Spain. After sixteen generations of inbreeding, his mental illness and extreme physical deformities rendered him unable to produce an heir. This inherited insanity was often thought to have originated with Joanna of Castile [read more]

The Royal Mistresses Series

Eleanor de Guzmán – The murdered mistress

Saturday, 2 September 2017, 4:15 Amy Eloise Kelly 1

Eleanor was born as Leonor Núñez de Guzmán Ponce de León in 1310 in Seville in modern day Spain. Her parents were nobles, and Eleanor’s great-grandfather was King Alfonso IX of León, meaning that her family was one of the highest-ranking in the region. As a young girl, Eleanor was married off to a man [read more]

Berengaria of Castile

Eleonor – Daughter of England and Queen of Castile

Sunday, 16 July 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

This article was written by Marie. Eleonor, the daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine, grew up to be all the things we tend not to associate with her mother. Put another way, Eleonor was a supportive wife and the matriarch of a loving and close-knit family. She was born in September 1161 at Domfront, in Normandy [read more]

Castile

Joanna la Beltraneja – The would-be Queen of Castile

Friday, 21 April 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 2

The circumstances surrounding Joanna’s birth would influence the rest of her life. She was born on 21 February 1462 as the daughter of Joan of Portugal and, maybe Henry IV of Castile. Their marriage had been childless for seven years before Joanna’s birth, and Henry had previously been married to Blanche II of Navarre, which [read more]

Castile

Joan of Portugal – The scandalous Queen

Friday, 24 March 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 3

Joan of Portugal was born on 20 March 1439 as the daughter of Edward, King of Portugal and Eleanor of Aragon. She never knew her father as he died on 9 September 1438 and was succeeded by her brother Afonso. On 21 May 1455, Joan married King Henry IV of Castile as his second wife. His [read more]

Aragon

Constance of Béarn’s unlucky marriages

Wednesday, 3 August 2016, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 3

Constance of Béarn was born between 1245 and 1255 as the daughter of Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn and his first wife Martha of Marsan. Her exact birthdate is not known, but she was most likely the eldest of four daughters as she inherited her mother’s estates when she died. This would have made her [read more]

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