Mayor Alfonso de Meneses
Mayor Alfonso de Meneses (c. 1210 – c. 1284) was a Castilian noblewoman. She was the daughter of Alfonso Téllez de Meneses and Elvira Rodríguez. She had two brothers, Tello II and Alfonso, and a sister, Teresa. She was raised at the court of Ferdinand III of Castile and married his younger brother, Alfonso de Molina, around 1246. From her father and her brothers she inherited the lordships of Meneses, Montealegre and Tiedra. With Alfonso de Molina, she had a son, also Alfonso, who inherited Meneses, and a daughter, María de Molina, who married the future King Sancho IV.[1]
Mayor was dead by 1284. She was buried in the monastery of Santa María de Palazuelos.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Antonio Sánchez de Mora, "Alfonso de Meneses, Mayor", Diccionario biográfico español (Real Academia de la Historia, 2018), retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ Paulette Lynn Pepin, María de Molina, Queen and Regent: Life and Rule in Castile-León, 1259–1321 (Lexington Books, 2016), p. 3.