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María Alfonso de Meneses (c. 1264-Valladolid, 1 de julio de 1321), conocida como María de Molina, señora de Molina, hija del infante Alfonso de Molina y de su tercera esposa, Mayor Alfonso de Meneses, fue reina consorte de Castilla entre los años 1284 y 1295 por su matrimonio con Sancho IV de Castilla.

Extract. Paulette Pepin’s political biography of Queen María de Molina (1259–1321), wife of King Sancho IV of Castile-León (b. 1258, r. 1284–95), is a welcome addition to a growing body of studies on medieval queens and queenship. María is hardly a household name, but she was an important queen who, until recently, has received little ...

Reina de Castilla y León y esposa de Sancho IV. María Alfonso de Meneses, habitualmente aludida en la historiografía como María de Molina, haciendo con ello referencia al señorío de Molina, del que fue titular, fue hija del infante Alfonso de Molina, hermano del rey Fernando III, siendo, por tanto, nieta de Alfonso IX de León y de la ...

María de Molina (märē´ä dā mōlē´nä), d. 1321, queen of Castile, consort of Sancho IV [1]. As regent (1295–1301) for her son, Ferdinand IV [2], she defended his throne against several pretenders, who were at various times supported by France, Aragón, Portugal, Navarre, and Granada.

Although now known to history as Maria de Molina, she was baptised as Maria Alfonso de Meneses, but she would be granted the lordship of Molina in 1293. As the granddaughter of a King and Queen, she was raised by a nurse (ama) called Maria Dominguez and a governess (aya) called Maria Fernández Coronel.

A major theme of this study is Maria de Molina’s role as dowager queen and regent as she continued to exercise her queenly power and authority to protect the throne of her son Fernando IV and, later, of her grandson Alfonso XI, and to provide peace and stability for the Kingdom of Castile-Leon. – From Amazon.

A major theme of this study is María de Molina’s role as dowager queen and regent as she continued to exercise her queenly power and authority to protect the throne of her son Fernando IV and, later, of her grandson Alfonso XI, and to provide peace and stability for the Kingdom of Castile-León.

María Alfonso Téllez de Meneses , known as María de Molina, was queen consort of Castile and León from 1284 to 1295 by marriage to Sancho IV of Castile, and served as regent for her minor son Ferdinand IV and later her grandson Alfonso XI of Castile .