Eleanor of Guzman
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Eleanor of Guzman (1310 – 1351) was a mistress of King Alfonso XI of Castile. She is known in Spanish as Leonor Núñez de Guzmán.
She was born in Seville, daughter of the Castillian nobles Pedro Núñez de Guzmán (descendant of the noble family of Saint Dominic) and Juana Ponce de León (great-granddaughter of King Alfonso IX of Leon). She was partially of Jewish descent. (Peggy K. Liss, "Isabel the Queen," New York: Oxford University Press, 1992, p. 165.)
Eleanor and Alfonso had ten children:
- Pedro Alfonso of Castile, Lord of Aguilar (1330 - 1338).
- Juana Alfonso of Castile, Lady of Trastamara (born 1330).
- Sancho Alfonso of Castile, Lord of Ledesma (1331 - 1343).
- Henry II of Castile (1334 - 1379).
- Fadrique Alfonso of Castile, Master of the Order of Santiago and Lord of Haro; (born 1335).
- Fernando Alfonso of Castile, Lord of Ledesma.
- Tello of Castile, First Lord of Aguilar de Campoo (born 1337).
- Juan Alfonso of Castile, Lord of Badajoz and Jerez de la Frontera (1341 - 1359).
- Sancho of Alburquerque (born 1342).
- Pedro of Castile (1345 - 1359).ca:Elionor de Guzmán
de:Leonor de Guzman es:Leonor Núñez de Guzmán fr:Leonor de Guzmán ja:レオノール・デ・グスマン pl:Eleonora de Guzman pt:Leonor de Gusmão
