Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal

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
Spouse
(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.