Violante Manuel of Castile (c. 1265 –

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, 1314) was a Castilian noble, daughter of

Manuel of Castile Manuel of Castile (1234 – 25 December 1283, The first Lord of Villena and Peñafiel, Cuéllar, and Escalona, was an ''Infante'', son of Ferdinand III of Castile and his wife Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen. Life Born in Carrión de los Condes, ...

and his first wife

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. She was Lady of

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and half of Peñafiel in her own right.

Tomb of Violante Manuel

At her death, the body of Violante Manuel was buried in the Convent of Santo Domingo, but was destroyed because of

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Issue

With her husband

Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Portalegre Infante Afonso of Portugal (8 February 1263, in Lisbon – 2 November 1312, in Lisbon; ; or ''Alphonse'') was a Portuguese ''infante'' (prince), son of King Afonso III of Portugal and his second wife Beatrice of Castile. He was titled Lord of ...

, she had five children: *

Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Leiria Afonso of Portugal (c. 1288 – Lisbon, c. 1300; ; or ''Alphonse'') was a Portuguese noble, son of Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Portalegre and his wife Violante Manuel. He was granted the title of Lord of Leiria Leiria (; cel-x-proto, ɸl ...

Maria of Portugal, Lady of Meneses and Orduña Maria of Portugal (born ; ) was a Portuguese royal, daughter of ''Infante '' Afonso of Portugal and his wife Violante Manuel. Believed to be born in the year 1290, she was the eldest daughter of the Infante Afonso of Portugal and his wife Violant ...

* Isabel of Portugal, Lady of Penela, married

Juan de Castilla y Haro Juan de Castilla y Haro, most commonly known as Juan el Tuerto (the one-eyed) (b. ? - d. 31 October 1326, Toro), was a Spanish noble of the House of Haro and of the royal line of the Kingdom of Castile descended from Alfonso X of Castile. He w ...

, 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 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 ...

, without issue.

Ancestors

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