Isabel de la Cerda
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Isabel de la Cerda also known as Isabel de la Cerda Pérez de Guzmán (Seville
c.1329 - after 1383 was the only surviving daughter of Luis de la Cerda
and his first wife Leonor de Guzmán ; she was Lady of Puerto de Santa María and titular Princess of Fortuna
. She was a member of the House de la Cerda
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around 1329, she was the youngest of three surviving children; her elder brothers were Luis and Juan de la Cerda y Guzmán, she had five other siblings who died in childhood. Her paternal grandfather was Alfonso de la Cerda, heir to the throne of Castile
but disinherited in favor of his uncle, Sancho IV of Castile
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She first married in 1346 to Rodrigo Pérez Ponce de León; "Ruy Pérez Ponce de León" confirmed receipt of the dowry of "doña Isabel de la Cerda" by charter dated 11 March 1349. The couple were married up until before 26 May 1354, when Rodrigo died; they had no children.
A charter dated 30 December 1353 records the agreement between Isabel and her two brothers over their father's estate , who had died in 1348.
Isabel remained unmarried for up to fourteen years, she then remarried at Seville on 15 September 1370 to Bernal de Foix, an illegitimate son of Gaston III, Count of Foix . After the marriage, Bernal was made Count of Medinaceli. As Isabel had a strong claim on the Castillian throne, on 25 May 1366 she was granted large estates by Henry II of Castile on the condition that she relinquish all claim to the Crown of Castile for herself and her heirs. The Medinaceli dukes had extensive estates in the Spanish provinces of Soria and Guadalajara.
Isabel and Bernal had two children:
Isabel died after 1383 and was buried at the Monastery of Santa María de Huerta. Bernal died in in 1391 and was succeeded by their son, Gaston. The county of Medinaceli was later turned into a Duchy by Isabella I of Castile
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Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
c.1329 - after 1383 was the only surviving daughter of Luis de la Cerda
Luis de la Cerda
Luis de La Cerda, also called Louis of Spain was an expatriate royal prince of the Crown of Castile, who lived and served in the Kingdom of France. Among his titles, Luis de la Cerda was the count of Talmont, count of Clermont and an admiral of France...
and his first wife Leonor de Guzmán ; she was Lady of Puerto de Santa María and titular Princess of Fortuna
Fortuna
Fortuna can mean:*Fortuna, the Roman goddess of luck -Geographical:*19 Fortuna, asteroid*Fortuna, California, town located on the north coast of California*Fortuna, United States Virgin Islands...
. She was a member of the House de la Cerda
House de la Cerda
House de la Cerda is a noble line of the Crown of Castile descending from the Infante Ferdinand de la Cerda, eldest son of King Alfonso X. It was one of four noble lineages that arose directly from the Castilian royal family during the thirteenth century and is the origin of the Dukes of...
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Life
Isabel was born in SevilleSeville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
around 1329, she was the youngest of three surviving children; her elder brothers were Luis and Juan de la Cerda y Guzmán, she had five other siblings who died in childhood. Her paternal grandfather was Alfonso de la Cerda, heir to the throne of Castile
Crown of Castile
The Crown of Castile was a medieval and modern state in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accession of the then King Ferdinand III of Castile to the vacant Leonese throne...
but disinherited in favor of his uncle, Sancho IV of Castile
Sancho IV of Castile
Sancho IV the Brave was the King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1284 to his death. He was the second son of Alfonso X and Yolanda, daughter of James I of Aragon.-Biography:...
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She first married in 1346 to Rodrigo Pérez Ponce de León; "Ruy Pérez Ponce de León" confirmed receipt of the dowry of "doña Isabel de la Cerda" by charter dated 11 March 1349. The couple were married up until before 26 May 1354, when Rodrigo died; they had no children.
A charter dated 30 December 1353 records the agreement between Isabel and her two brothers over their father's estate , who had died in 1348.
Isabel remained unmarried for up to fourteen years, she then remarried at Seville on 15 September 1370 to Bernal de Foix, an illegitimate son of Gaston III, Count of Foix . After the marriage, Bernal was made Count of Medinaceli. As Isabel had a strong claim on the Castillian throne, on 25 May 1366 she was granted large estates by Henry II of Castile on the condition that she relinquish all claim to the Crown of Castile for herself and her heirs. The Medinaceli dukes had extensive estates in the Spanish provinces of Soria and Guadalajara.
Isabel and Bernal had two children:
- Gaston (c 1371–1404), succeeded his father as Count of Medinaceli
- Maria (died 1381), died in childhood
Isabel died after 1383 and was buried at the Monastery of Santa María de Huerta. Bernal died in in 1391 and was succeeded by their son, Gaston. The county of Medinaceli was later turned into a Duchy by Isabella I of Castile
Isabella I of Castile
Isabella I was Queen of Castile and León. She and her husband Ferdinand II of Aragon brought stability to both kingdoms that became the basis for the unification of Spain. Later the two laid the foundations for the political unification of Spain under their grandson, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor...
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