os lusÍadas inês de castro: the queen who was crowned after death
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OS LUSÍADAS
Inês de Castro: the queen who was crowned
after death
WHO IS INÊS?
Inês de Castro, daughter of Pedro F. de Castro, an
illegitimate grandson of King Sancho IV of Castile
arrived in Portugal in 1340 as a chaperon to her
cousin, Constança of Castile, who came to marry the
heir to the Portuguese throne, Dom Pedro, son of
King Dom Afonso IV.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
As soon as the prince Dom
Pedro set his eyes on Inês, he fell
in love with her. Pedro was madly
in love and legend says that he
sent love letters through a pipe
that carried water from the
“Quinta (estate) do Pombal” to
the Santa Clara’s Monastery,
where Inês was settled.
Santa Clara’s Monastery
HOW TO STOP A ROMANCE?
Constança invited Inês to be the godmother of her
newly born son, so her love affair with Dom Pedro
would be considered incestuous.
Dom Afonso attempted to separate the lovers by
banishing Inês from Court and sending her back to
Castile in 1344.
CONSTANÇA IS DEAD AND NOW?
Constança died on
November 13th 1345.
Dom Pedro went after Inês.
He brought her back to
Portugal and settled in
Coimbra, where they would
live together freely.
INÊS’ DEATH IS THE SOLUTION!
The Portuguese King and the
aristocracy thought that the Castro
clan could end up dragging the future
king and the kingdom into dynastic
fights with their neighbours.
To free Dom Pedro from the
dangerous influence of the Castro
family, Dom Afonso, after the meeting
in the Castle of Montemor-o-Velho,
decided that the death of Inês was the
solution!
Castle of Montemor-o-Velho
IT ’S TOO LATE: INÊS IS DEAD
As soon as the King and their courtiers
arrived at Coimbra, Inês appeared with
her children and appealed to the King
Dom Afonso, who was struggling
between the state’s needs and his
feelings, against her capital sentence.
As soon as the King turned his back the
sentence was carried out : Inês was
executed.
MYTH OR REALITY?
The Inês’ capital punishment
took place at Santa Clara-a-
Nova, where she was living with
Dom Pedro since Constança’s
death.
The myth associates this
tragedy with Quinta das
Lágrimas (Estate of Tears)
FOREVER
People believes that Inês’
blood stains the spring’s
stone keeping it forever red
in the Estate of the Tears
where she cried one’s heart
out for the last time, when
she was being pierced by the
daggers of her executioners.
QUEEN AFTER DEATH
When the Prince heard the terrible news about Inês’
assassination, he became furious and staged a revolt
against his father, the main responsible for this fatal end.
King Dom Pedro tortured and executed two Inês’
executioners.
On 12th June 1360, he announced that he had secretly
married Inês in the Bragança town and declared her
legitimate wife Queen of Portugal.
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