Isabel Enríquez (nun)
Isabel Enríquez (died 1420/1) was a member of the Castilian royal family and a Poor Clare. She was an illegitimate daughter of King Henry II of Castile and an unknown woman.[1]
She married Gonzalo Núñez de Guzmán in secret.[1][2] For this, Gonzalo was excommunicated and imprisoned.[3] It has been suggested that Gonzalo may have kidnapped Isabel, on the grounds that a merely secret marriage would not have incurred either prison or excommunication.[4] In any case, Gonzalo later entered the Order of Alcántara, rising to become master in 1384.[4] His excommunication was only lifted by Archbishop Pedro Tenorio on 23 September 1395.[5]
Isabel and Gonzalo are usually assumed to have had no children,[1] although Luis González de Guzmán may have been their son.[6]
By 1387, Isabel had entered the convent of Santa Clara la Real de Toledo.[1][4][7] In 1393, her sister Inés Enríquez was elected abbess and Isabel acted as de facto co-abbess with her.[7] Their presence attracted royal largesse. Both Henry III and, after the sisters' deaths, John II, made donations to Santa Clara because of their "aunts, abbesses" (tías abadesas).[8] A contemporary painting of the sisters can be seen on the wall of the choir.[9]
She died at Santa Clara in 1420 or 1421.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 Salazar y Acha 2021, p. 289.
- ↑ Rodríguez-Picavea Matilla 2005, p. 231.
- ↑ Casado Quintanilla 2012, pp. 150–151.
- 1 2 3 Casado Quintanilla 2012, p. 151.
- ↑ Casado Quintanilla 2012, p. 150.
- ↑ Casado Quintanilla 2012, p. 149.
- 1 2 Pérez de Tudela y Bueso 2002, p. 301.
- ↑ Pérez de Tudela y Bueso 2002, p. 303.
- ↑ Pérez de Tudela y Bueso 2002, p. 304.
Bibliography
[edit]- Casado Quintanilla, Blas (2012). "Gonzalo Núñez de Guzmán, maestre de Alcántara y de Calatrava, al servicio de la corona de Castilla y León". Espacio, tiempo y forma. Serie III, Historia medieval (25). Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, UNED: Facultad de Geografía e Historia: 147–172. ISSN 0214-9745.
- Pérez de Tudela y Bueso, María Luisa (2002). El Monasterio de Santa Clara La Real de Toledo: estudio sobre una encomienda regia monástica (1376-1779) (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). Universidad Complutense de Madrid: Facultad de Geografía e Historia y Departamento de Historia Medieval. ISBN 978-84-8466-111-5.
- Rodríguez-Picavea Matilla, Enrique (2005). "Prosopografía de la Orden de Calatrava en Castilla: la primera mitad del siglo XV" (PDF). Meridies: Revista de historia medieval (7). Córdoba: Universidad de Córdoba: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras: 201–245. ISSN 1137-6015.
- Salazar y Acha, Jaime de (2021). Las dinastías reales de España en la Edad Media (PDF). Real Academia de la Historia.