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Sancho of Castile, Count of Alburquerque
1st Count of Alburquerque / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sancho Alfonso of Castile (1342–1374), known in Spanish as Don Sancho Alfonso de Castilla, was Infante of Castile, 1st Count of Alburquerque.
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Sancho Alfonso | |
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1st Count of Alburquerque | |
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Born | 1342 Sevilla |
Died | 19 February 1374 (aged 31–32) Burgos |
Spouse | Beatrice of Portugal |
Issue | Eleanor, Queen of Aragon (illeg.) Leonor Sánchez |
House | Castilian House of Ivrea |
Father | Alfonso XI of Castile |
Mother | Leonor de Guzmán |
He was the ninth of the ten illegitimate children of Alfonso XI of Castile and Leonor de Guzmán.[1]
He was born in Seville. He participated in a revolt of the Castilian nobles against the despotic rule of his brother, Peter of Castile.
In 1373, Sancho married Beatrice of Portugal,[2] daughter of Peter I of Portugal and Inês de Castro. They had one daughter:[3] Eleanor of Alburquerque, who married Ferdinand I of Aragon.
He also had an illegitimate daughter,[3] Leonor Sánchez de Castilla, who had a liaison with her first cousin Fadrique de Castilla, 1st Duke of Benavente, illegitimate son of Henry II of Castile with mistress Beatriz Ponce de León.