Beatrice of Castile ¹

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From Wikipedia - Beatrice of Castile (1293-1359) :

Beatrice of Castile (8 March 1293 - 25 October 1359) was Queen of Portugal by marriage and Infanta of Castile -León by birth. She was the wife of King Afonso IV of Portugal , and the youngest daughter of King Sancho IV of Castile and his Queen, María de Molina .

On 12 September 1309, Beatrice was married to the later Afonso IV of Portugal who was the only son of Denis of Portugal and Elizabeth of Aragon . They had the following children:


Princess Maria 1313 1357 Married to Alfonso XI of Castile

Prince Afonso 12 January 1315 12 January 1315

Prince Denis 12 January 1317 15 May 1318

Peter I 8 April 1320 18 January 1367 Succeeded him as 8th King of Portugal

Princess Isabel 21 December 1324 11 July 1326

Prince John 23 September 1326 21 June 1327

Princess Leonor 1328 1348 Married to Peter IV , King of Aragon

  Noted events in her life were:

• Infanta of Castile-Léon.

Beatrice married Afonso IV "the Brave" King of Portugal and the Algarve, son of Dinis King of Portugal and the Algarve and St. Elizabeth of Aragon, on 12 Sep 1309. (Afonso IV "the Brave" King of Portugal and the Algarve was born on 8 Feb 1291 in Lisbon, Portugal and died on 28 May 1357.)