Violante Manuel

Violante Manuel of Castile (c. 1265 – 1314 in Lisbon) was a Castilian noble, daughter of Manuel of Castile and his first wife Constance of Aragon. She was Lady of Elche, Elda, Novelda, Medellín and half of Peñafiel in her own right.

Violante Manuel
Born	c. 1265
Died	1314 (aged 48–49) Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Burial	Dominican monastery, Lisbon, Portugal
Spouse	Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Portalegre
Issue	Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Leiria Maria, Lady of Meneses and Orduña Isabel, Lady of Penela Constança, Lady of Portalegre Beatriz, Lady of Lemos
House	Castilian House of Ivrea
Father	Manuel of Castile
Mother	Constance of Aragon

Tomb of Violante Manuel

At her death, the body of Violante Manuel was buried in the Convent of Santo Domingo, but was destroyed during the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.

Issue

With her husband Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Portalegre, she had five children:

• Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Leiria
• Maria of Portugal, Lady of Meneses and Orduña
• Isabel of Portugal, Lady of Penela, married Juan de Castilla y Haro, with issue.
• Constança of Portugal, Lady of Portalegre, married Nuño González de Lara, without issue.
• Beatriz of Portugal, Lady of Lemos, married, as his first wife, Pedro Fernández de Castro, without issue.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Violante Manuel
8. Alfonso IX of León 4. Ferdinand III of Castile 9. Berengaria of Castile 2. Manuel of Castile 10. Philip of Swabia 5. Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen 11. Irene Angelina 1. Violante Manuel 12. Peter II of Aragon 6. James I of Aragon 13. Marie of Montpellier 3. Constance of Aragon, Lady of Villena 14. Andrew II of Hungary 7. Violant of Hungary 15. Yolanda de Courtenay