Alfonso (Enríquez) de Gijón (abt. 1355 - abt. 1400)

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1400 at about age 45 in Marans

Biography

Alfonso was born about 1355. He was the son of Enrique II Castilla and Elvira Iñiguez. He passed away about 1400.

Marriage

He had his marriage to Isabel of Portugal arranged by the treaty of Santarém, signed in 1373, between Portugal and Castile. They married in 1377 in the city of Burgos. This marriage give birth to the Noronha family, an aristocratic house with ties in Portugal and Spain.^[1][2]

Children

With Isabel of Portugal he had the following children:

1. Diogo Henriques of Noronha, died still a child;
2. Pedro de Noronha (1379 – 20 August 1452), Archbishop of Lisbon (1424 – 1452),^[3][4][5] father of João, Pedro and Fernando de Noronha and ancestor of Juan, Pedro y Fernando de Noroña;
3. Fernando de Noronha, second count of Vila Real by his marriage to Beatrice de Meneses, second countess of Vila Real, daughter and heiress of Pedro de Menezes;^[6][7]
4. Sancho de Noronha, first Count of Odemira,^[8][9]comendador mayor of the Order of Santiago, alcalde-mor of Estremoz and Elvas, Lord of Vimieiro, Mortágua, Aveiro and other territories,^[10] married to Mécia de Sousa;
5. Henrique de Noronha, captain in Ceuta, without legitimate male issue;^[11]
6. João de Noronha,^[12] participated in the siege of Balaguer and was knighted by Infante Duarte in the siege of Ceuta where he was injured. He died from his wounds shortly afterwards without having left any offspring.

Constance of Noronha, the second wife of Afonso, Duke of Braganza,^[13] without issue.

With Inés de Soto de los Infantes of the Asturian lineage of the Miranda, he had at least one child:

1. Juana Enríquez, also known as Juana de Lodeña or Lidueña, abbess at the convent of Saint Clarie in Toledo.^[14][15]

Out of marriage, in affairs he was also the father of :

1. Juan Enríquez of Noreña (born in 1390), married to Beatrice, Lady of Mirabel.^[16][17]
2. Beatrice of Noreña (born in 1395), the wife of Rui Vaz Pereira.^[18]
3. Diego Enríquez of Noreña, married to María Beatriz de Guzmán, the daughter (possibly illegitimate) of Enrique Pérez de Guzmán, second Count of Niebla.

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_of_Portugal,_Lady_of_Viseu
2. ↑ Sousa, António Caetano de (1946). História Genealógica da Casa Real Portuguesa (in Portuguese). I. Coimbra: Atlântida-Livraria Editora, Lda. OCLC 829426236
3. ↑ Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, Faustino (1982). Instituto Luis de Salazar y Castro, ed. Heráldica medieval española: la Casa Real de León y Castilla (in Spanish). Vol. I. Madrid: Hidalguía. ISBN 8400051505, page 169
4. ↑ Braamcamp Freire, Anselmo (1921). Livro primeiro dos Brasões de Sintra (in Portuguese). Coimbra: Imprenta da Universidade. OCLC 794223590, page 48
5. ↑ Sousa, António Caetano de (1755). Memorias Históricas e Genealógicas dos Grandes de Portugal (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Na Regia Officina Sylviana e da Academia Real. OCLC 558039884, page 84
6. ↑ Braamcamp Freire, Anselmo (1921). Livro primeiro dos Brasões de Sintra (in Portuguese). Coimbra: Imprenta da Universidade. OCLC 794223590, page 48
7. ↑ Sousa, António Caetano de (1755). Memorias Históricas e Genealógicas dos Grandes de Portugal (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Na Regia Officina Sylviana e da Academia Real. OCLC 558039884, page 98
8. ↑ Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, Faustino (1982). Instituto Luis de Salazar y Castro, ed. Heráldica medieval española: la Casa Real de León y Castilla (in Spanish). Vol. I. Madrid: Hidalguía. ISBN 8400051505, page 169
9. ↑ Braamcamp Freire, Anselmo (1921). Livro primeiro dos Brasões de Sintra (in Portuguese). Coimbra: Imprenta da Universidade. OCLC 794223590, page 48
10. ↑ Sousa, António Caetano de (1755). Memorias Históricas e Genealógicas dos Grandes de Portugal (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Na Regia Officina Sylviana e da Academia Real. OCLC 558039884, page 656
11. ↑ Braamcamp Freire, Anselmo (1921). Livro primeiro dos Brasões de Sintra (in Portuguese). Coimbra: Imprenta da Universidade. OCLC 794223590, page 48
12. ↑ Braamcamp Freire, Anselmo (1921). Livro primeiro dos Brasões de Sintra (in Portuguese). Coimbra: Imprenta da Universidade. OCLC 794223590, page 48
13. ↑ Braamcamp Freire, Anselmo (1921). Livro primeiro dos Brasões de Sintra (in Portuguese). Coimbra: Imprenta da Universidade. OCLC 794223590, page 48
14. ↑ González Calle, Jesús Antonio (2011). "Mujeres en la nobleza bajomedieval asturiana: algunas biografías relevantes". Territorio, Sociedad y Poder:revista de estudios medievales (in Spanish) (6). Oviedo: Trea y Universidad de Oviedo: Servicio de Publicaciones. pp. 121–152. ISSN 1886-1121, pages 143-144
15. ↑ Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, Faustino (1983). "De la famosa aventura heráldica de unos leones africanos y otras historias (Las armas del duque de Medina Sidonia, don Enrique)". Hidalguía: La revista de genealogía, nobleza y armas (in Spanish) (178-179). Madrid: Ediciones Hidalguía. pp. 305–317. ISSN 0018-1285, page 313
16. ↑ GAIO, Felgueiras, 1750-1831. Nobiliário de famílias de Portugal / Felgueiras Gaio, title "CAMERAS", N2
17. ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/De_Noronha-4-1
18. ↑ Sousa, António Caetano de (1755). Memorias Históricas e Genealógicas dos Grandes de Portugal (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Na Regia Officina Sylviana e da Academia Real. OCLC 558039884, page 586

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