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Birth:          9 Feb 1313 of Coimbra, Portugal
Death:          18 Jan 1357 Evora, Portugal
Burial:         Capilla de Los Reyes, Seville

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_of_Portugal,_Queen_of_Castile
Infanta Maria of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [m?'?i?]) (9 February 1313 – 18 
January 1357) was a Portuguese infanta (princess), Queen consort of Castile upon her 
marriage to Alfonso XI in 1328, and mother of King Peter of Castile.[1] She was the 
first daughter of King Afonso IV of Portugal and his first wife Beatrice of Castile. Her 
maternal grandparents were Sancho IV of Castile and María de Molina.
Life[edit]

In 1328, Maria married King Alfonso XI. As part of the arras, King Alfonso gave her 
Guadalajara, Talavera de la Reina and Olmedo.

The relationship between Maria and Alfonso was unhappy: from 1327 before their 
marriage, Alfonso had a relationship with Leonor de Guzmán who gave him ten 
children, including the future King Henry II of Castile. Maria did not participate in the 
affairs of the court, being relegated by the royal mistress Leonor and it is quite likely 
that she spent long periods secluded at the Royal Monastery of San Clemente in 
Seville.[1]

In 1335, Maria returned to her father in Évora, who demanded that Alfonso separated 
from Leonor by use of alliances with the Pope, the Muslims and rebels inside Castile, 
and finally by an invasion. In the peace treaty of Seville in July 1340, Alfonso agreed 
to have Leonor imprisoned in a convent, thereby securing the support of the king of 
Portugal in the Battle of Río Salado which was fought on 30 October 1340, although, 
once the military conflict had been resolved, he returned to his lover and did not fulfill 
the promise he had made to the Portuguese monarch.

At the death of Alfonso 26 March 1350, Maria secured a power position by exerting 
influence upon the leader of her son's council, João Afonso de Albuquerque. She 
participated in the rebellion against her son in 1354, and turned over Toro to the 
rebels, which caused his imprisonment. After this, she returned to Portugal.

Children[edit]
Fernando (1332 - 1333). He was buried in the monastery of San Clemente de Sevilla .
Peter of Castile (1334 - 1369), king of Castile and León at the death of his father in 
1350. He married Maria de Padilla, Blanche of Bourbon and Jeanne de Castro. His 
remains lie today in the crypt of the royal chapel of the Cathedral of Seville.

Death and Burial[edit]

 The tomb of María of Portugal at the Royal Monastery of San Clemente in Seville.
María had executed a will in Valladolid on 8 November 1351 in which she asked to be 
buried at the Royal Chapel of the Cathedral of Seville where her husband Alfonso XI 
had been buried and that, if his remains were transferred to another church, hers 
should also be transferred and buried alongside her husband.[2]

She died in Évora on 18 January 1357 and was buried there until, against the wishes 
expressed in her will, her remains were transferred to the Royal Monastery of San 
Clemente in Seville. In 1371, King Henry II had ordered that his father, King Alfonso 
XI, should receive burial at the Royal Collegiate Church of Saint Hippolytus in Córdoba 
and at the same time, he probably decided that María, who had been responsible for 
his mother's death, should be buried at the monastery in Seville.[3] The gravestone 
made of simple tiles at the monastery mentions that she is buried there with two 
"tender infants".[a]

Parents
DINISEZ Affonso IV "the Brave" (8 Feb 1291 - 28 May 1357)
SANCHEZ Beatrix Sancha (8 Mar 1293 - 25 Oct 1359)

Siblings
AFFONSEZ Maria (9 Feb 1313 - 18 Jan 1357)

Marriage To FERNANDEZ Alfonso XI (13 Aug 1311 - 26 Mar 1350)
    m. 1328 

Notes

Parents
SANCHEZ Fernando IV (6 Dec 1285 - 7 Sep 1312)
DINISEZ Constanca (3 Jan 1290 - 18 Nov 1313)

Children by FERNANDEZ Alfonso XI 13 Aug 1311 - 26 Mar 1350
ALFONSEZ Pedro I "the Cruel" (30 Aug 1334 - 22 Mar 1369)

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