Inês de Castro
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Inês de Castro was a Galician noblewoman and courtier, best known as the lover and posthumously recognized wife of King Pedro I of Portugal. The dramatic circumstances of her relationship with Pedro,
The Coronation of Inês de Castro in 1361, by Pierre-Charles Comte, 1895
Inês de Castro with Her Children at the Feet of Afonso IV, King of Portugal, Seeking Clemency for Her Husband, Don Pedro. Painting by Eugénie Servières, 1822
Murder of Inês de Castro. Painting by Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, ca. 1901/04
Catharine Trotter Cockburn's play Agnes de Castro (1695)
Alburquerque, Spain
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Alburquerque is a town in the province of Badajoz in Spain. It has 5,340 inhabitants, as of 2018. The town is close to the border with Portugal and was an ancient dominion of the kings of that country
Inês de Castro
…took her as his mistress while she was lady-in-waiting to his wife. Disapproving of his son's adultery, King Afonso IV is said to have banished Inês to Albuquerque in 1344. Following Constance's death in 1349, Inês returned to Portugal and lived openly with Pedro. In 1350, Inês gave birth to the couple's first…
The town as seen from its castle in 2005
Fortified town of Alburquerque by the late 17th century. Alain Manesson Mallet: Travaux de Mars ou l'Art de la Guerre.