The struggle of the king and his son
In the year 1340, the Prince of Portugal (Pedro) married the Princess of Castile (Constance) in order to strengthen the good relations between the two countries.
Unfortunately, Princess Constance did not receive the attention of her husband, but rather her lady-in-waiting and maid (Inesia de Castro) did. Pedro and Enicia had a long illicit relationship, which resulted in the birth of three children.
The duo never hid their relationship from everyone, and it caused a scandal in the Portuguese royal court.
As a result, King Alfonso, father of Prince Pedro, exiled Inesia to a distant monastery, but this did not prevent the passionate and passionate prince from seeing her secretly.
When his wife, Princess Constance, died in 1345, Pedro made Inisia de Castro the center of his life.
For ten years, Pedro and Enicia lived with each other like husband and wife. King Alfonso refused to allow them to marry, and even went so far as to try to arrange a royal marriage for his son, the prince, but the latter refused every time.
King Alfonso realized that Pedro would not abandon his lover, so he ordered hired assassins to assassinate her.
When the killers found her, they separated her head from her body in front of one of her sons, so Pedro declared war on his father, King Alfonso, but neither of them won. When Pedro ascended the throne in 1357, he carried out his revenge, prosecuting and executing Enicia's killers by cutting out their hearts while they were alive.
He took her body out of the grave, placed it on the throne, and ordered all the nobles to pledge allegiance to her as queen by kissing the hand of the corpse.
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