Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal

For other people named Eleanor of Aragon, see Eleanor of Aragon (disambiguation).

Eleanor of Aragon
Queen Leonor in Genealogia dos Reis de Portugal (António de Holanda; 1530-1534)
Queen consort of Portugal
Tenure14 August 1433 – 9 September 1438
Coronation15 August 1433
Born2 May 1402
Medina del Campo
Died19 February 1445(1445-02-19) (aged 42)
Toledo
Burial
Batalha Monastery
Spouse
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(m. 1428; died 1438)​
Issue
HouseTrastámara
FatherFerdinand I of Aragon
MotherEleanor of Alburquerque

Eleanor of Aragon (2 May 1402 – 19 February 1445) was Queen of Portugal from 1433 to 1438 as the spouse of King Edward.[1] After Edward's death, she served as regent in 1438-1440 for her son Afonso V.[2] She was the daughter of Ferdinand I of Aragon and Eleanor of Alburquerque.

  1. ^ Leonora of Aragon (1405–1445) Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia
  2. ^ Lawler, Jennifer (2001). Encyclopedia of Women in the Middle Ages. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 102.