Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque
Deceased Person
1342 – 1374
Who was Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque?
Sancho Alfonso de Castilla 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 of Guzman.
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: Don Fernando Sánchez, 2nd Count of Alburquerque, and Doña Eleanor of Alburquerque, who married Ferdinand I of Aragon.
He also had an illegitimate daughter, Doña Leonor Sánchez de Castilla, who married Fadrique de Castilla y Ponce de Leon, illegitimate son of Henry II, King of Castile.
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- Born
- 1342
Seville - Also known as
- Sancho of Alburquerque
- Parents
- Spouses
- Beatrice, Countess of Alburquerque
(1373 - )
- Beatrice, Countess of Alburquerque
- Children
- Died
- Mar 19, 1374
Burgos
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on July 23, 2013
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