Marriage and Children
Alfonso XI first married Costanza Manuel of Castile on 1325, but divorced her two years later. His second marriage, on 1328, was to Maria of Portugal, daughter of Alfonso IV of Portugal. They had:
- Ferdinand (Valladolid, 1332–1333)
- Peter of Castile.
By his mistress, Eleanor of Guzman, he had ten children:
- Pedro Alfonso, 1st Lord of Aguilar de Campoo (1330–1338)
- Juana Alfonso, 1st Lady of Trastámara (born 1330)
- Sancho Alfonso, 1st Lord of Ledesma (1331–1343)
- Henry Alfonso of Trastámara (1334–1379)
- Fadrique Alfonso, Master of the Order of Santiago and 1st Lord of Haro; (born 1335)
- Fernando Alfonso, 2nd Lord of Ledesma
- Tello Alfonso, 1st Lord of Aguilar de Campoo (1337–1370)
- Juan Alfonso, 1st Lord of Badajoz and Jerez de la Frontera (1341–1359)
- Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque (1342–1375)
- Pedro Alfonso (1345–1359)
After Alfonso's death, his widow Maria had Eleanor arrested and later killed.
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