Blanca_de_La_Cerda_y_Lara

Blanca de la Cerda y Lara

Blanca de la Cerda y Lara

Spanish noblewoman

Blanca de la Cerda y Lara (c. 1317 – 1347) was a Spanish noblewoman.

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She was the daughter of Fernando de la Cerda (1275–1322) and Juana Núñez de Lara, called "la Palomilla".[1]

Blanca was the third wife of Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena,[1] a member of the junior branch of the Castilian royal house. They had two children: Fernando Manuel, his father's heir, and Juana Manuel, who married the (illegitimate) Henry II of Castile and became queen consort of Castile.[1]


Ancestry

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References

  1. [1]
    Doubleday 2001, p. 189.

Sources

  • Doubleday, Simon R. (2001). The Lara Family: Crown and Nobility in Medieval Spain. Harvard University Press.


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