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Inês de Castro (Portuguese pronunciation: [iˈneʒ ðɨ ˈkaʃtɾu]; in Castilian: Inés; 1325 – 7 January 1355) was a Galician noblewoman and courtier, best known as lover and posthumously-recognized wife of King Pedro I of Portugal.
Inês de Castro, (born 1323?—died Jan. 7, 1355, Coimbra, Port.), mistress, before his accession, of Peter (Pedro) I of Portugal. She was famous because of her tragic death, which was related by such writers and poets as Luís de Camões, Luís Vélez de Guevara, and Henri de Montherlant.
Inês De Castro: The macabre tale of the 'skeleton queen'. By Holly Williams. The Women's Art Collection, Murray Edwards College/Paula Rego. (Credit: The Women's Art Collection, Murray Edwards ...
By Google Arts & Culture. Discover the 14th-century love affair that rocked the Portuguese royal court. The love affair between Inês de Castro and King Pedro I of Portugal is one steeped in...
The tomb of Ines de Castro at the Monastery of Alcobaca. The passionate but ill-fated love affair of Pedro, crown prince of Portugal, and his wife’s lady-in-waiting is the stuff of both bodice ...
discussed in biography. His tragedy Castro (written c. 1558) was one of the first in modern European literature. It takes as its subject the death of the Portuguese national heroine Inês de Castro, who was murdered by Afonso IV—the father of Dom Pedro, her lover—for reasons of state, a theme….
She was killed by decapitation in front of at least one of her children on 7 January 1355. She was only 29 years old. “Ines de Castro” by Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro – Licensed under Public Domain via Commons. Peter hunted down the killers, finally capturing two of them in 1361.
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.
Inês de Castro was a Galician noblewoman and courtier, best known as lover and posthumously-recognized wife of King Pedro I of Portugal.
Inês de Castro arrived in Portugal in 1339 as a lady in waiting to Infanta Constanza of Castile, bride of D Pedro, heir to the throne of Portugal. The Infanta Constanza bore three children, one of whom was D Fernando, future king of Portugal. D Constanza died in November 1345, shortly after the birth of D Fernando.