Juana de Castro facts for kids
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Juana de Castro (died 21 August 1374) was queen consort of the Kingdom of Castile, as the wife of King Peter of Castile.
Biography
She was the born into the House of Castro as daughter of Pedro Fernández de Castro and Isabel Ponce de Leon. She was sister to Inês de Castro and Fernando Ruiz de Castro.
Among her advisors were her uncle-in-law Enrique Enríquez the Younger and Men Rodríguez de Sanabria.
In 1354, she was a widow of her marriage to Diego López de Haro and met Peter of Castile. He was attracted to her beauty and Sanabria arranged a marriage. Historian Juan Blas Sitges y Grifoll argued that Castro agreed to marry Peter out of ambition rather than love. As told the chronicler Pero López de Ayala: Castro demanded Peter to nullify his marriage with Blanche of Bourbon; he complied and had bishops Juan Lacero and Sancho Blázquez Dávila carry out the act.
In early April, they married at Cuéllar and as a part of her dowry she received Jaén Castle, Castrogeriz Castle, and Dueñas Castle. She was pronounced Queen of Castile, though the marriage lasted one day before Peter left her. She was pregnant with their son, Juan, who died a few years after. The only estate she was left with was Dueñas Castle, retiring to the corresponding town.
On 21 August 1374, she died in Dueñas. Her tomb is in the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral.
See also
In Spanish: Juana de Castro para niños
