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The tombs of King Pedro I and his mistress, Inês de Castro, are located in the transept of the church. No one knows who carved the extraordinarily lovely and detailed tombs, but they are amongst...

Inês de Castro[ nota 1] ( Reino da Galiza, ca. 1320 / 1325 — Coimbra, 7 de janeiro de 1355) foi uma nobre galega, rainha póstuma de Portugal, amada pelo futuro rei D. Pedro I de Portugal, de quem teve quatro filhos. Foi executada por ordem do pai deste, o rei D. Afonso IV . Biografia

Inês Pérez de Castro (ca. 1320-1355) was the daughter of the powerful Pedro Fernandes de Castro, an illegitimate grandson of King Sancho IV of Castile. She arrived in Portugal in 1340 as a lady-in-waiting to her cousin, Infanta Constança of Castile, who was to marry the heir to the Portuguese throne, Dom Pedro (son of King Dom Afonso IV).

Inês de Castro was born circa 1325 as a noblewoman. She was a descendant of the Castilian Royal Family through an illegitimate line. Her grandmother was an illegitimate daughter of Sancho IV of Castile. She also held ties to the Royal Families of Léon and Portugal. Inês was a maid of Constance Manuel of Villena in 1340.