Infanta dona Maria DE PORTUGAL
- Born: 1313, Coimbra, Portugal
- Married: Sep 1328
- Died: 18 Jan 1356/7, Evora, Portugal
Also known as Maria ALFONSA of Portugal.
Research Notes:
The Livro Velho names "a rainha D. Maria e a infante D. Leonor" as the daughters of King Alfonso IV and his wife, adding that Maria married "elrei D. Affonso de Castella filho delrey D. Fernando e da raynha D. Constança". The Nobiliario of Pedro Conde de Barcelos names "Don Pedro, D. Maria" as the children of "D. Alonso…Rey" and his wife "D. Beatriz". The testament of “D. Diniz...Rey de Portugal e do Algarve”, dated 20 Jun 1322, made bequests to “Infante Dona Maria minha neta...Infante Dom Affonso meu filho...”. The marriage contract of “D. Alfonço...Rey de Castiella...” and “Don Alfonso...Rey de Portugal...la Iffante Doña Maria fija” is dated 26 Mar 1327. The second testament of “Dona Isabel...Rainha de Portugal e do Algarve”, dated 22 Dec 1327, made bequests to “Rainha Dona Breatis minha filha...Ifanta Dona Maria sa filha...Iffanta Dona Maria minha neta...Iffanta Dona Leanor minha neta...minha sobrinha Dona Izabel...Dom Affonso filho de Dõ Pedro meu irmaõ...el Rey meu filho...Dona Vataça”, and appointed “El Rey Dom Affonço meu filho e a Rainha Dona Breatis minha filha sa mulher, e o Ifante Dom Pedro meu neto filho primeiro herdeiro do dito Rey Dom Affonço e a Ifanta Dona Maria minha neta...Dona Vataça” as her executors. The Chronicon Domini Joannis Emmanuelis records the marriage in Sep 1328 of the king and “filia Regis Portugaliæ consanguinea…dispensatione Papæ”. The codicil of “Donna Beatriz...Raynha de Portugal”, dated 27 Dec 1354, amending her testament dated 21 Mar 1349, made bequests to “Raynha de Castella minha filha...” The testament of “Doña Maria...Reyna de Castiella y de Leon”, dated 8 Nov 1351, chose burial “en la Iglesia mayor de Sevilla” next to her husband, made bequests to “El Rey mi fijo”.
The Chronicon Conimbricensi records the death 18 Jan 1357 of “Reyna Domna Maria de Castella, mulher del Rey D. Alfonso de Castella, è filha do…Rey Dom Alfonso de Portugal è da Reyna Doña Beatris” in “la Cidade de Ebora” and her burial at Seville. 1
Marriage Information:
Maria married Infante don Alfonso XI "el Justo" DE CASTILLA y Léon, son of Infante don Fernando "el Ajurno" DE CASTILLA y Léon and Infanta dona Costança DE PORTUGAL, in Sep 1328 in Alfayete, Spain. (Alfonso XI "el Justo" DE CASTILLA y Léon was born on 13 Aug 1311 in Salamanca, Leon, Spain and died on 26 Mar 1350 in Gibraltar, Spain.)
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