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Queen Leonor Teles was the wife of King Fernando I of Portugal, who ruled between 1367 and 1383. Leonor’s exact date of birth is not certain; it is assumed that she was born around 1347–1350 either in the Trás-os-Montes region of Portugal or in the kingdom of Castile. The date of her death is also disputed; most likely it took place circa 1385–1386 in Castile, but some sources claim she may have survived until 1410. Leonor Teles belonged to an important noble family named Teles de Meneses. Among her ancestors were Faruela II, king of Leão and Galiza, and Teresa Sanches, the illegitimate daughter of King Sancho I of Portugal, demonstrating Leonor’s descent from both the Castilian and Portuguese crowns.1
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de Pina Baleiras, I. (2013). The Political Role of a Portuguese Queen in the Late Fourteenth Century. In: Woodacre, E. (eds) Queenship in the Mediterranean. Queenship and Power. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137362834_6
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