Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal

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Eleanor of Aragon, (circa 1402 - married 1428 - 1445), Queen Consort of Portugal, married to King Edward I of Portugal, (1391 - King 1433 - 1438)

Aragonese, Valencian and Sicilian Royalty
House of Trastámara

Ferdinand I    Alfonso V    John II    Eleanor, Queen of Portugal Alfonso V John II    Charles IV of Navarre    Blanche II of Navarre    Eleanor I of Navarre    Ferdinand II    Joan, Queen of Naples Ferdinand II    Isabella, Queen of Portugal    Joanna the Mad    John, Prince of Asturias    Mary, Queen of Portugal    Catherine, Queen of England Joanna

Eleanor of Aragon (c. 1402 – 19 February 1445) was the daughter of Ferdinand I of Aragon and Eleanor of Alburquerque.

She married King Edward of Portugal on 22 September 1428. They had nine children, of whom five survived to adulthood.

Issue

• Prince John, October 1429 – 14 August 1433.
• Princess Philippa 27 November 1430 – 24 March 1439.
• Afonso V of Portugal 15 January 1432 – 28 August 1481; who succeeded Edward as 12th King of Portugal.
• Princess Maria, 7 December 1432 – 8 December 1432.
• Infante Ferdinand, 17 November 1433 – 18 September 1470; Duke of Viseu and father of future king Manuel I of Portugal.
• Eleanor, 18 September 1434 – 3 September 1467; married Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor.
• Prince Edward, 12 July 1435 – 12 July 1435.
• Catherine, 26 November 1436 – 17 June 1463.
• Joan, 31 March 1439 – 13 June 1475; married King Henry IV of Castile.

Regent

When her husband died on 13 September 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 Infante Peter, 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, 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 Peter 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.

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