Eleonor – Daughter of England and Queen of Castile
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 […]
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Joanna la Beltraneja – The would-be Queen of Castile
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 […]
Joan of Portugal – The scandalous Queen
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 […]
Constance of Béarn’s unlucky marriages
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. […]
Constanza Manuel’s Imprisonment
Constanza Manuel was born in 1316 as the daughter of Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena and Duke of Peñafiel and Constance of Aragon, a daughter of James II […]
The murder of Blanche of Bourbon, Queen of Castile
Blanche of Bourbon was born circa 1339 as the daughter of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon and Isabella of Valois. At the age of 14, […]