Alfonso Enriquez de Castilla y Leon (1354 - 1429)

Born 1354 in Guadalajara. España

Ancestors

Husband of Juana (Mendoza) de Mendoza — married 1410 in Castile, Spain

Descendants

Died 1429 at about age 75 in Guadalajara. España

Biography

Alonso Enriquez de Castilla was the son of Fadrique Alfonso, 25th Master of the Order of Santiago, and an unnamed lady. His father was murdered on 29 May 1358 in the Alcázar of Seville, on the orders of his brother Peter. He was known as "Almirante."

He was the founder of the lineage of Enriquez, and is the first Admiral of Castile of his family since 1405, and first lord of Medina de Rio Seco. His paternal grandparents were King Alfonso XI of Castile and Eleanor de Guzmán. He was a nephew of King Henry II of Castile and cousin of King John I of Castile. His brother was Pedro Enriquez de Castilla, Count of Trastámara, Lemos and Sarria, Constable of Castile and Pertiguero mayor de Santiago. His sister was Eleanor of Castile, who married the Marshal of Castile Diego Gomez Sarmiento.^[1]

Alonso married Juana de Mendoza.^[2]

Research Notes

Birth: 1354 Guadalajara. España

Death: 1429 Guadalajara. España

Catedral de Palencia was a temple built under the patronage of Alfonso Enríquez. He was an Admiral of Castile. He married Juana de Mendoza. In 1411 the nuns were living within the cathedral. In 1426, just three years before his death, he was proclaimed the founder. The Admiral died in 1429.^[2]

Note: Almirante de Castilla Alfonso Enríquez of Castilla and León (b. 1354, d. 1429)

Alfonso Enríquez de Castilla y León (son of Fadrique Afonso Enriquez de Castilla y León <UHP-0220.html> and Leonor Constanza de Angulo <UHP-0086.html>) was born 1354 in Guadalcanal, Sevilla, Andalucía, España, and died 1429 in Guadalupe, Cáceres, Extremadura, España. He married Juana de Mendoza y Ayala <UHP-0217.html> on 1381 in Toledo, Castilla la Mancha, España, daughterof Pedro González de Mendoza Orozco <UHP-0167.html> and Aldonza Fernández de Ayala Cevallos <UHP-0166.html>.

Notes for Alfonso Enríquez de Castilla y León:

Señor de Medina de Río Seco

More About Alfonso Enríquez de Castilla y León and Juana de Mendoza y Ayala:

Marriage: 1381, Toledo, Castilla la Mancha, España.

Children of Alfonso Enríquez de Castilla y León and Juana de Mendoza y Ayala are:

+Isabel Enríquez de Mendoza <UHP-0320.html>, b. 1386, Castilla, Madrid, España.

Sources

1. ↑ Alonso on Wikipedia.org
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ruiz, Begoña Alonso and Javier Martínez de Aguirre. "Arquitectura en la Corona de Castilla en torno a 1412" (ES: la Fundación Sancho el Sabio, 2016), pp. 133-34. Arquitectura Castilla (Reino) S.XV Artículos periodísticos.

Acknowledgements

This person was created on 12 September 2010 through the import of 104-B.ged.