Eleanor, Princess of Asturias

Eleanor
Princess of Asturias
Born	10 September 1423 Burgos
Died	22 August 1425 (aged 1 year, 11 months) La Espina
Burial	La Espina
House	House of Trastámara (by birth)
Father	John II of Castile
Mother	Maria of Aragon
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Eleanor of Castile (Castilian: Leonor de Castilla; 10 September 1423 - 22 August 1425) was heiress presumptive to the throne of the Crown of Castile and Princess of Asturias from 1424 until a few months before her death.

Eleanor was born an infanta of Castile. She was the second child of King John II of Castile and his first wife, Maria of Aragon. Eleanor's elder sister, Catherine, Princess of Asturias, died seven days after Eleanor's first birthday. Thus, the one-year-old infanta became heiress presumptive to the throne. Her father had her recognised as successor to the kingdom and as Princess of Asturias by the Cortes of Valladolid shortly after her sister's funeral. The new Princess of Asturias received homage in the presence of her father, the King, in City of Burgos.^[1]

Princess Eleanor held the title and status of heiress for two months only. On 5 January 1425, she was displaced by the birth of a brother, the future King Henry IV of Castile. Now merely infanta and second-in-line to the throne again, Eleanor died the same year near the Cistercian monastery in La Espina. She was buried there, near the altar.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Eleanor, Princess of Asturias

16. Henry II of Castile               8. John I of Castile                       17. Juana Manuel of Castile               4. Henry III of Castile                             18. Peter IV of Aragon               9. Eleanor of Aragon                       19. Eleanor of Sicily               2. John II of Castile                                   20. Edward III of England               10. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster                       21. Philippa of Hainault               5. Catherine of Lancaster                             22. Peter of Castile               11. Constance of Castile                       23. Maria de Padilla               1. Eleanor, Princess of Asturias                                         24. Henry II of Castile               12. John I of Castile                       25. Juana Manuel of Castile               6. Ferdinand I of Aragon                             26. Peter IV of Aragon               13. Eleanor of Aragon                       27. Eleanor of Sicily               3. Maria of Aragon                                   28. Alfonso XI of Castile               14. Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque                       29. Eleanor of Guzman               7. Eleanor of Alburquerque                             30. Peter I of Portugal               15. Infanta Beatrice of Portugal                       31. Inês de Castro

References

1. Enrique Flórez, Manuel Risco: España sagrada: De la Iglesia Exenta de Oviedo desde el medio del siglo XIV hasta fines del siglo XVIII; En la Oficina de la Viuda e Hijo de Marín, 1795