Sancho of Castile, Count of Alburquerque

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Sancho Alfonso
1st Count of Alburquerque
Sancho's tomb in the Cathedral of Burgos
Born1342
Sevilla
Died19 March 1374 (aged 31–32)
Burgos
SpouseBeatrice of Portugal
IssueFernando Sánchez, 2nd Count of Alburquerque
Eleanor, Queen of Aragon
HouseHouse of Burgundy-Spain
FatherAlfonso XI of Castile
MotherEleanor of Guzman

Sancho Alfonso de Castilla (1342–1374) is known in Spanish as Don Sancho Alfonso de Castilla, Infante de Castilla, I conde de Alburquerque.

He was the ninth of the ten illegitimate children of King Alfonso XI of Castile and Lady Eleanor de Guzmán.

He was born in Seville. He participated in a revolt of the Castilian nobles against the despotic rule of his brother, Pedro of Castile.

In 1373 he married Beatrice of Portugal, daughter of Peter I of Portugal and Inês de Castro. They had two children: Fernando Sánchez, 2nd Count of Alburquerque, and Eleanor of Alburquerque, who married Ferdinand I of Aragon.

He also had an illegitimate daughter, Leonor Sánchez de Castilla, who married Fadrique de Castilla y Ponce de Leon, illegitimate son of Henry II, King of Castile.

Ancestors

Family of Sancho of Castile, Count of Alburquerque
16. Alfonso X of Castile
8. Sancho IV of Castile
17. Violant of Aragon
4. Ferdinand IV of Castile
18. Alfonso of León, Lord of Molina
9. María de Molina
19. Mayor Alonso de Meneses
2. Alfonso XI of Castile
20. Afonso III of Portugal
10. Denis of Portugal
21. Beatrice of Castile
5. Constance of Portugal
22. Peter III of Aragon
11. Elizabeth of Aragon
23. Constance of Sicily
Sancho, 1st Count of Alburquerque
24. Pedro Nuñez de Guzman, Lord of Derruña and San Roman
12. Álvaro Perez de Guzman
25. Teresa Rodriguez Brizuela
6. Pedro Núñez de Guzmán
26. Gonzalo Rodriguez Giron
13. Maria Giron
27. Elvira Diaz de Castañeda
3. Eleanor of Guzman
28. Pedro Ponce de Cabrera
14. Fernán Pérez Ponce de León, Lord Cangas and la Puebla
29. Aldonza Alonso de León
7. Beatriz Ponce de León
30. Gutierre Suarez de Meneses, Lord of de la Osa, San Felices and Dosbarrios
15. Urraca Gutiérrez de Meneses
31. Elvira Anes de Sousa

References

Francisco de Moxó y de Montoliu, Estudios sobre las relaciones entre Aragón y Castilla, 1997, ISBN 84-7820-387-7

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