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Inês de Castro

1320–1355 · Burgundy-Portugal (married in)

Disputed wife of Peter I of Portugal. Born at A Limia. Died at Coimbra.

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The queen crowned after death

Inês de Castro, the lover of Prince Peter of Portugal, was killed in 1355 on his father's orders. Legend says that as king, Peter had her body exhumed, crowned and her hand kissed by the court.

Family

Married: Peter I of Portugal 1354
Children (2): Beatrice, Countess of Alburquerque 1347
Infante João, Duke of Valencia de Campos 1349

Related to

Inês de Castro was the 14× great-grandmother of Victoria.
Inês de Castro was the 8× great-grandmother of Louis XIV of France.