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Leonor Teles de Menezes

Portuguese queen (1350-1386)

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Leonor Teles de Menezes

Portuguese queen (1350-1386)

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Leonor Teles was queen consort of Portugal by marriage to King Ferdinand I, and regent of Portugal. She was one of the protagonists, along with her brothers and her daughter Beatrice, of the events that led to the succession crisis of 1383–1385, which culminated in the defeat of her son-in-law King John I of Castile and his armies in the Battle of Aljubarrota. Called "the Treacherous" by her subjects, who execrated her on account of her adultery and treason to her native country, she was dubbed by historian Alexandre Herculano as "the Portuguese Lucrezia Borgia".

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Occupation: monarch
Position held: regent, Queen Consort of Portugal
Citizenship: Kingdom of Portugal
Born: 1350
Died: April 27, 1386

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João Lourenço da Cunhaspouse Ferdinand I of Portugalspouse Álvaro da Cunha, senhor de Pombeirochild Beatrice of Portugalchild Afonso de Portugalchild Martim Afonso Telo de Menesesfather Aldonca de Vasconcellosmother João Afonso Telo, Count of Barcelossibling Gonçalo Telo de Menezes, Conde de Neiva e Faria, Senhor de Castanhedesibling Maria Telles de Menesessibling Juana Téllez de Menesessibling

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Leonor Teles was queen consort of Portugal by marriage to King Ferdinand I, and regent of Portugal. She was one of the protagonists, along with her brothers and her daughter Beatrice, of the events that led to the succession crisis of 1383–1385, which culminated in the defeat of her son-in-law King John I of Castile and his armies in the Battle of Aljubarrota. Called "the Treacherous" by her subjects, who execrated her on account of her adultery and treason to her native country, she was dubbed by historian Alexandre Herculano as "the Portuguese Lucrezia Borgia".

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Occupation: monarch
Position held: regent, Queen Consort of Portugal
Citizenship: Kingdom of Portugal
Born: 1350
Died: April 27, 1386

Family

João Lourenço da Cunhaspouse Ferdinand I of Portugalspouse Álvaro da Cunha, senhor de Pombeirochild Beatrice of Portugalchild Afonso de Portugalchild Martim Afonso Telo de Menesesfather Aldonca de Vasconcellosmother João Afonso Telo, Count of Barcelossibling Gonçalo Telo de Menezes, Conde de Neiva e Faria, Senhor de Castanhedesibling Maria Telles de Menesessibling Juana Téllez de Menesessibling