Violante Manuel

Violante Manuel
Born	c. 1265
Died	1314 (aged 48–49) Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Burial	Dominican monastery, Lisbon, Portugal
Spouse	Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Portalegre
Issue	Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Leiria Maria, Lady of Meneses and Orduña Isabel, Lady of Penela Constança, Lady of Portalegre Beatriz, Lady of Lemos
House	Ivrea
Father	Manuel of Castile
Mother	Constance of Aragon
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Violante Manuel of Castile (c. 1265 – Lisbon, 1314) was a Castilian noble, daughter of Manuel of Castile and his first wife Constance of Aragon. She was Lady of Elche, Elda, Novelda, Medellín and half of Peñafiel in her own right.

Tomb of Violante Manuel

At her death, the body of Violante Manuel was buried in the Convent of Santo Domingo, but was destroyed because of 1755 Lisbon earthquake.

Issue

With her husband Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Portalegre, she had five children:

• Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Leiria
• Maria of Portugal, Lady of Meneses and Orduña
• Isabel of Portugal, Lady of Penela, married Juan de Castilla y Haro, with issue.
• Constança pf Portugal, Lady of Portalegre, married Nuño González de Lara, without issue.
• Beatriz of Portugal, Lady of Lemos, married, as his first wife, Pedro Fernández de Castro, without issue.

Ancestors

Family of Violante Manuel

16. Ferdinand II of León               8. Alfonso IX of León                       17. Urraca of Portugal               4. Ferdinand III of Castile                             18. Alfonso VIII of Castile               9. Berengaria of Castile                       19. Eleanor of England               2. Manuel of Castile                                   20. Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor               10. Philip of Swabia                       21. Beatrice I of Burgundy               5. Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen                             22. Isaac II Angelos               11. Irene Angelina                       23. Unknown Palaiologina?, afterwards Irene               1. Violante Manuel                                         24. Alfonso II of Aragon               12. Peter II of Aragon                       25. Sancha of Castile               6. James I of Aragon                             26. William VIII of Montpellier               13. Marie of Montpellier                       27. Eudokia Komnene               3. Constance of Aragon, Lady of Villena                                   28. Béla III of Hungary               14. Andrew II of Hungary                       29. Agnes of Antioch               7. Violant of Hungary                             30. Peter II of Courtenay               15. Yolanda de Courtenay                       31. Yolanda of Flanders