Maria of Portugal (born ; ) was a
Portuguese
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** Portu ...
royal, daughter of ''
Infante
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''
Afonso of Portugal and his wife
Violante Manuel
Violante Manuel of Castile (c. 1265 – Lisbon, 1314) 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.
T ...
.
Believed to be born in the year 1290, she was the eldest daughter of the Infante Afonso of Portugal and his wife Violante Manuel. She was the paternal granddaughter of King
Afonso III of Portugal
Afonso III (; rare English alternatives: ''Alphonzo'' or ''Alphonse''), or ''Affonso'' (Archaic Portuguese), ''Alfonso'' or ''Alphonso'' ( Portuguese-Galician) or ''Alphonsus'' (Latin), the Boulonnais ( Port. ''o Bolonhês''), King of Portugal ...
and his wife, Queen
Beatrice of Castile, daughter of
Alfonso X of Castile
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. Her maternal grandparents were ''Infante''
Manuel of Castile
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Life
Born in Carrión de los Condes, ...
, son of
Ferdinand III of Castile
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, and his wife
Constance of Aragon, Lady of Villena
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, daughter of
James I of Aragon
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.
Her date of death is unknown.
Maria married firstly to
Tello Alfonso de Meneses
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, Lord of
Meneses, son of
Alfonso Téllez de Molina and the grandson of
Alfonso of Molina
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. The couple had two children:
*Alfonso Téllez de Meneses. On the death of his father, he became lord of Meneses, Tiedra, Montealegre, Grajal de Campos, Alba de Liste, San Román and Villagarcía de Campos. He died young and his possessions were inherited by his sister.
*Isabel Téllez de Meneses. On the death of her brother, she inherited titles. She married
João Afonso de Albuquerque
João Afonso de Albuquerque, (28 September 1354), Juan Alfonso de Alburquerque in Spanish and nicknamed "o do Ataúde", 6th Lord of Alburquerque, was a member of the highest ranks of the nobility of the Kingdom of Portugal, an astute politician, ...
, Lord of
Alburquerque and
Villalba de los Alcores
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According to the 2004 census (INE
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.
She became a widow after her husband died in 1315; she remarried to
Fernando Díaz de Haro, Lord of
Orduña and
Balmaseda
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, the second son of
Diego López V de Haro
Diego López V de Haro, nicknamed '' el Intruso'' ( 1250 – 1310), was a Spanish noble of the House of Haro and held the title of the Lord of Biscay which he took from the pretender to the title, John of Castile.
He further served in th ...
. This marriage bore two sons:
*
Diego López de Haro, who inherited his father's titles over Orduña and Balmased, possibly the last Haro to hold them. Married
Juana de Castro, the daughter of
Pedro Fernández de Castro
Pedro Fernández de Castro (Algeciras, 1342), nicknamed ''el de la Guerra'' ('of the War'), was a powerful Galician noble and military figure of the House of Castro, descended by illegitimate lines from the kings of Castile-Leon- Galicia. Pedr ...
, lord of
Sarria
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and
Condado de Lemos, and his wife, Isabel Ponce de León.
* Pedro López de Haro, who died early.
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1290 births
14th-century deaths
Year of death uncertain
House of Burgundy-Portugal
Portuguese royalty
14th-century Castilians
14th-century Spanish women
14th-century Portuguese people
14th-century Portuguese women