Leonor Rodríguez de Castro

Leonor Rodríguez de Castro (died after 20 December 1275) was an infanta of the Kingdom of Castile as the third wife of Philip of Castile.[1]

Leonor Rodríguez de Castro
Died1275
Santa Olalla
Burial
Convent of San Felices de Amaya
SpouseInfante Philip of Castile
HouseHouse of Castro
FatherRodrigo Ponce de Castro
MotherLeonor González de Lara

Biography

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Her parents were Rodrigo Fernández de Castro, Lord of Cigales, Mucientes, and Santa Olalla and Leonor González de Lara.[1][2] She was buried in the Convent of San Felices de Amaya, a convent of the Order of Calatrava, currently in a state of ruin, in the province of Burgos,[2] where her only son is also buried.

Marriage and children

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In 1269, she married Philip of Castile, brother of King Alfonso X, who died in 1274, one year before Leonor.[1] They were the parents of:

References

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Bibliography

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  • Arco y Garay, Ricardo del (1954). Sepulcros de la Casa Real de Castilla (in Spanish). Madrid: Instituto Jerónimo Zurita. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. OCLC 11366237.
  • Blanco García, Flor (1972). "Catalogación de documentos medievales de la Rioja Burgalesa (5)". Boletín de la Institución Fernán González (in Spanish) (179). Burgos: Institución Fernán González: 376–389. ISSN 0211-8998. Archived from the original on 2013-10-24. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
  • Fernández-Xesta y Vázquez, Ernesto (2001). Relaciones del condado de Urgel con Castilla y León (in Spanish). Madrid: E&P Libros Antiguos, S.L. ISBN 84-87860-37-0.
  • Huidobro y Serna, Luciano (1942). "Convento de Religiosas de San Felices, orden de Calatrava de Burgos" (PDF). Boletín de la Comisión Provincial de Monumentos Histórios y Artísticos de Burgos (in Spanish) (79). Burgos: 45–49. ISSN 1133-9276. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
  • Rubio Salán, Antonio (1952). "Breve noticia de Villalcazar de Sirga y de su Templo". Publicaciones de la Institución Tello Téllez de Meneses (in Spanish). No. 8. Palencia: Institución Tello Téllez de Meneses. pp. 27–48. ISSN 0210-7317.
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