María Fernández de Padilla Fernández de Henestrosa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_de_Padilla

http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00005048&tree=LEO

María Díaz de Padilla (María de Padilla) (1334 – August 1361) was the mistress of Pedro I, King of Castile, whom she married in secret in 1353.

She was a Castilian noblewoman. Her father was Juan García de Padilla, 1st Lord of Villagera, her mother was his wife María Fernández de Henestrosa, a relative of Juan Fernández de Henestrosa, who mediated an apparent pardon to Fadrique Alfonso of Castile, a half-brother and rival of María de Padilla's lover Pedro I.

In the summer of 1353, under coercion from family and court nobles, Pedro denied the fact of his marriage to María to marry Blanca of Bourbon, but his relationship with María continued. María and Pedro I had at least four children: a daughter named Beatriz (born 1354), a daughter named Isabella (1355–1394), another daughter named Constance (1354–1394), and a son named Alfonso, crown-prince of Castile (1359 - October 19, 1362).

Two of their daughters were married to sons of Edward III, King of England. Isabella married Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, while Constance married John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster.

Among the descendants of María de Padilla are all Kings of England starting with Edward IV of England, with the exception of Henry VII of England.

Two of their daughters were married to sons of Edward III, King of England. Isabella, married Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, while the eldest, Constance, married John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, leading him to claim the crown of Castile on behalf of his wife. The daughter of Constance, Catherine of Lancaster, was married by Henry III of Castile in order to reunify any claim to succession that may have passed via Constance.

Depictions in fiction

   * Gaetano Donizetti composed Maria Padilla (1841), an opera about her relationship with King Peter.

* Rudolf Gottschall wrote Maria de Padilla (18??), a drama about her life.
============================================

Doña María de PADILLA, nació hacia 1334, hija de Juan GARCÍA DE PADILLA, rico hacendado castellano, cuyos bienes radicaban principalmente en la región de Palencia, y de Doña María GÓMEZ DE HINESTROSA. Se unió sentimentalmente al Rey Don Pedro I a partir de 1352, y le dio un hijo y tres hijas. Se crió en casa de Don Juan Alfonso de Alburquerque, influyente valido del rey, bajo el cuidado de su esposa Doña Isabel de Meneses. Alburquerque propició los amores, pero no consiguió utilizarla para influir sobre el Rey. Debido a los intereses de la Corte castellana debió permanecer en el Castillo de Montalbán (Toledo), mientras el Rey contraía un matrimonio de conveniencia - en 1353 - con la francesa Doña Blanca de Borbón. Dos días después de casado, Don Pedro regresa con Doña María, al parecer sin consumar la unión con Doña Blanca. Todo eso contribuyó a la insurrección de sus medios hermanos, de Albuquerque y aún de su madre, Doña María de Portugal, apoyados luego por fuerzas francesas. Del enlace con Doña María de PADILLA nacieron: Beatriz (1352) luego monja; Constanza (1354), que casó con Juan de Gante, duque de Lancaster; Isabel (1355), casada con Edmundo de Langley, duque de York, hijos ambos del rey Eduardo III de Inglaterra; y Alfonso (1359), que falleció a los 3 años de edad. Con estas uniones, y considerándose, como eran, herederas legítimas de Don Pedro de Castilla, los reinos hispánicos estuvieron a punto de ir a parar a manos de la monarquía inglesa. La hija de Constanza y Juan, Catalina de Lancaster, casó con Enrique III, con lo que se unieron las dos casas de Alfonso XI, quedando legitimadas para la historia. Aunque en 1361 Don Pedro manda a asesinar a Doña Blanca de Borbón y pretende casar con Doña María de Padilla, ésta fallece ese mismo año en el Alcázar de Sevilla, posiblemente víctima de la peste, y sepultada en el Convento de Santa María de Astudillo, que había fundado. Después de muerta, el Rey logró que el arzobispo de Toledo anulara su matrimonio, declarasen Reina a Doña María y legitimaran su descendencia, , declarando heredero a Alfonso, por lo que cuando poco después murió Doña María de la peste se trasladó su cuerpo a la capilla de los Reyes de la Catedral de Sevilla. A la muerte del joven Alfonso los derechos al trono pasaron a Don Juan de Castilla, hijo de Don Pedro I y Doña Juana de Castro,

GEDCOM Note

Blanche of Bourbon (1339-1361) was Queen of Castile as the wife of King Peter. She was one of the daughters of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon and Isabella of Valois. On 3 June 1353, aged 14, she married in person at Valladolid, Spain, King Peter of Castile. Previously, she had been married by proxy at Abbaye de Preuilly on 9 July 1352. They married because Peter wanted an alliance with France. It is believed[by whom?] that King Peter had married his lover, the Castilian noble Maria de Padilla before his marriage to Blanche, though he did deny this. There were many difficulties in getting the money promised as a dowry for Blanche.

Three days after their marriage, Peter abandoned Blanche for Maria de Padilla, with whom he later had four children.

Eventually Blanche was imprisoned in the castle of Arevalo. Blanche's cousin, John II of France, appealed to Pope Innocent VI to have Peter excommunicated for keeping Blanche imprisoned, but the Pope refused. Blanche and Peter had no children.