Eleanor of Aragon (Leonor de Aragón, in Spanish), Queen of Portugal as wife of Edward I of Portugal and princess of Aragon as daughter to Ferdinand I of Aragon and Eleanor of Alburquerque, (1402 – February 18, 1445, Toledo). In her husband's will she was appointed as regent of Portugal. However, she was inexperienced and, as an Aragonese, unpopular with the people who preferred the late king's brother Pedro, Duke of Coimbra. Negotiations for a compromise arrangement were drawn out over several months, but were complicated by the interference of the Count of Barcelos and the Archbishop of Lisbon, as also by her giving birth to a posthumous daughter in March 1439, and by the death of her eldest daughter, Philippa. Duarte of Portugal (Edward, in English), the Philosopher or the Eloquent, the 11th king of Portugal, was born in Viseu on October 31, 1391 and he died in Tomar on September 13, 1438. ... Capital Zaragoza Official language(s) Spanish; Aragonese and Catalan also used Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 4th  47,719 km²  9. ... Ferdinand I (of Aragón and Sicily), called The Just (c. ... Eleanor of Alburquerque (1374 - 1435) became Queen consort of Aragon by her marriage to Ferdinand I of Aragon. ... Events September 14 - Battle of Homildon Hill. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events Discovery of Senegal and Cape Verde by Dinas Diaz Births March 1 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (died 1510) March 16 - Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (died 1510) Albert Brudzewski, Polish astronomer (died 1497) Nicolas Chuquet, French mathematician Deaths June 5 - Leonel Power, English composer June 11 - Henry... [[ Image:Toledo, Spain Toledo is a city and municipality located in central Spain, about 70 kilometers south of Madrid. ... Pedro, Duke of Coimbra Pedro, Prince of Portugal, Duke of Coimbra (pron. ...

Eventually the Cortes appointed Pedro the sole Regent after which Eleanor continued conspiring, but was forced to go into exile in Castile in December 1440. She died at Toledo in February 1445 and is buried in Batalha, Spain. The starting point of Crown of Castile can be considered when the union of the Kingdoms of Castile and Leon in 1230 or the later fusion of their Cortes (their Parlaments). ... For alternative meanings, see number 1440. ... Batalha is a Portuguese town located in the District of Leiria, Pinhal Litoral subregion, Centre region, with 500 inhabitants. ...