Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress

Eleanor of Portugal, painting probably by Hans Burgkmair the Elder

Portuguese royalty
House of Avis

John I Children    Infante Duarte (future Edward I)    Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra    Henry the Navigator (Infante Henrique, Duke of Viseu)    Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy    Infante João, Lord of Reguengos    Infante Fernando, the Saint Prince    Afonso, Duke of Braganza (illegitimate)    Beatriz, Countess of Arundel (illegitimate) Grandchildren include    Infanta Isabel of Coimbra, Queen of Portugal Edward Children    Afonso, Prince of Portugal (future Afonso V)    Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu    Infanta Leonor, Holy Roman Empress    Infanta Catarina    Infanta Joana, Queen of Castile Grandchildren include    Infante Manuel, Duke of Beja (future Manuel I)    Infanta Leonor of Viseu, Queen of Portugal Great-Grandchildren include    Jaime, Duke of Braganza, Prince of Portugal Afonso V Children include    João, Prince of Portugal    Blessed Joana, Princess of Portugal    João, Prince of Portugal (future John II) John II    Afonso, Prince of Portugal    Jorge, Duke of Coimbra (illegitimate)

Infanta Eleanor of Portugal (pron. IPA: [liu'noɾ];), was a Portuguese infanta, daughter of King Edward of Portugal and his wife Leonor of Aragon. Leonor was born in Torres Vedras on September 18, 1434.

On 16 March 1452 she married the German King Frederick III and the two were crowned Holy Roman Emperor and Empress three days later, on 19 March 1452. Her dowry was used by her husband to alleviate his financial problems^{[citation needed]}.

With Frederick III she had five children:

• Christopher, Archduke of Austria (1454-1455)
• Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459-1519)
• Helen, Archduchess of Austria (1460-1461)
• Kunigunde of Austria (1465-1520), married Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria
• John, Archduke of Austria (1466-1467)

It is from Empress Leonor that the Portuguese descent of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor derives.

Leonor died in Wiener Neustadt on September 3, 1467, and is buried in the same city in the Monastery of the Order of Cister.

Her tombstone is in the Neukloster of Wiener Neustadt.

Eneias Silvio Piccolomini (the future Pope Pius II celebrating the marriage between Frederick III and Leonor.

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