Eleanor, Princess of Asturias

Heir to the Castilian throne (1423–1425)
Eleanor
Princess of Asturias
Born10 September 1423
Burgos
Died(1425-08-22)22 August 1425 (aged 1 year 11 months)
La Espina
Burial
La Espina
HouseTrastámara
FatherJohn II of Castile
MotherMaria of Aragon

Eleanor of Castile (Castilian: Leonor de Castilla; 10 September 1423 – 22 August 1425) was heir presumptive to the throne of the Crown of Castile and Princess of Asturias from 1424 until a few months before her death.

Eleanor was born an infanta of Castile. She was the second child of King John II of Castile and his first wife, Maria of Aragon. She was named after her maternal grandmother. Eleanor's elder sister, Catherine, Princess of Asturias, died seven days after Eleanor's first birthday. Thus, the one-year-old infanta became heir presumptive to the throne. Her father had her recognised as successor to the kingdom and as Princess of Asturias by the Cortes of Valladolid shortly after her sister's funeral. The new Princess of Asturias received homage in the presence of her father, the King, in City of Burgos.[1]

Princess Eleanor held this title and status for two months only. On 5 January 1425, she was displaced by the birth of a brother, the future King Henry IV of Castile. Now merely infanta and second-in-line to the throne again, Eleanor died the same year near the Cistercian monastery in La Espina.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Eleanor, Princess of Asturias
16. Henry II of Castile
8. John I of Castile
17. Juana Manuel of Castile
4. Henry III of Castile
18. Peter IV of Aragon
9. Eleanor of Aragon
19. Eleanor of Sicily
2. John II of Castile
20. Edward III of England
10. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
21. Philippa of Hainault
5. Catherine of Lancaster
22. Peter of Castile
11. Constance of Castile
23. Maria de Padilla
1. Eleanor, Princess of Asturias
24. Henry II of Castile
12. John I of Castile
25. Juana Manuel of Castile
6. Ferdinand I of Aragon
26. Peter IV of Aragon
13. Eleanor of Aragon
27. Eleanor of Sicily
3. Maria of Aragon
28. Alfonso XI of Castile
14. Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque
29. Eleanor of Guzman
7. Eleanor of Alburquerque
30. Peter I of Portugal
15. Infanta Beatrice of Portugal
31. Inês de Castro

References

  1. ^ Enrique Flórez, Manuel Risco: España sagrada: De la Iglesia Exenta de Oviedo desde el medio del siglo XIV hasta fines del siglo XVIII; En la Oficina de la Viuda e Hijo de Marín, 1795
Eleanor of Castile
Born: 10 September 1423 Died: 1425
Spanish royalty
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1424–1425
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