Aldonza Ruiz de Ivorra (1454–1513) was a Spanish courtier. She was the royal mistress of King Ferdinand II of Aragon, with whom she also had children, among them

Alonso de Aragón Alonso de Aragón or Alfonso de Aragón (1468 – 24 February 1520) was Archbishop of Zaragoza, Archbishop of Valencia and Lieutenant General of Aragon. Born in Cervera, he was an illegitimate son of Ferdinand II of Aragon by a Catalan ...

. She was already the mistress of the king at the time of his marriage in 1468. She was married to a courtier, and attended court officially as the wife of her courtier-husband. She accompanied the king on his travels, often dressed as a man. Pons, Marc. «Aldonça Roig, l'ombra catalana que perseguia Isabel la Catòlica». ElNacional.cat, 11-03-2018. onsulta: 15 març 2018

Biography

Born in Cervera, the capital of the ''

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'' of

Segarra Segarra () is a Comarques of Catalonia, comarca (county) in Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Catalonia, Spain, situated on a high plain. Historically, the name referred to a larger area than the current comarca. It has a continental climate, wi ...

in 1454 to Pedro Roig i Alemany and Aldonza de Iborra. She was the lover of King Ferdinand II of Aragon before his marriage to Princess

Isabella I of Castille Isabella I ( es, Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: ''la Católica''), was Queen of Castile from 1474 until her death in 1504, as well as Queen consort of Aragon from 1479 until 1504 b ...

. Her and Ferdinand's son,

, was Ferdinand's only son to outlive himself and his only extramarital son, and was the abbot of the Monastery of Montearagón from 1492 to 1520,

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, Archbishop of Valencia, and Viceroy of Aragon. Despite his position in the church, Alonso would go on to have seven children who in turn gave rise to many Spanish noble families. It is said that Aldonza Ruiz de Ivorra was strikingly beautiful and would allegedly accompany Ferdinand II in public while dressed as a man.

Family

Later, she married Francisco Galcerán de Castro y de Pinós y de Só y Carroç d'Arborea, VII Viscount of Ebol and Canet, Baron of Pinós and Mataplana. Together, they had two children: * Francisco Galcerán de Castro Pinós y Roig, VIII Viscount of Ebol and Canet * Juan Jordán de Castro Pinós y Roig, Spanish Prelate, abbot of

San Pedro de Roda Sant Pere de Rodes () is a former Benedictine monastery in the comarca of Alt Empordà, in the North East of Catalonia, Spain. Location Located in the municipal area of El Port de la Selva in the province of Girona, Spain, it was built on the sl ...

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, and governor of Castillo Sant'Angelo. He was made a Cardinal of the

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by Pope Alexander VI on February 19, 1496.

References

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