belonged to her husband. After an unsuccessful attempt to escape, she was arrested and taken to court, remaining in the custody of two Aragonese ladies of her sister-in-law Queen Eleanor of Sicily, despite the protests of King Charles II of Navarre, who supported her. The following nine years (1364–1373), infanta Maria's life must not have been easy in Barcelona. Surrounded by relatives of her husband who hated her to the point of wanting to kill her, and suspected her enough to believe that she could use magic and spells against her enemies (Juan, Duke of Girona even accused her of being the instigator of the death of his intended wife, princess Joanna of France, with the help of the midwife Bonanada), Maria remained deprived of freedom of movement. During her stay in the Aragonese court, she received through Pope Urban V a proposal of marriage of King Frederick III of Sicily, which she rejected. On 9 October 1365 infanta Maria dictated her first testament and on 6 December 1370 a second one, modified in the Monastery of Poblet the contents of the previous testament. Although she generally maintain the provisions set forth in the first will, are observed a number of changes, especially related to the death of some legatees. In her will, infanta Maria appoints as executors her brother King Fernando I of Portugal, and Martinho Gil de Basto, Bishop of Évora, for all matters related to Portugal. In addition, however, she also appointed Queen Eleanor of Sicily as executor (so that she could ensure the correct execution of the will concerning the Aragonese legacies) along with Romeu Sescomes, Bishop of Lleida, her butler Gil Roderic de Almazán, her aia Constança d'Arana, Guillem de Comes, provost of Tarragona, her treasurer Joan Sanç de Molina, and Berenguer de Santjust. About the executors for the Aragonese legacies, the infanta probably chose those whom she believes neutral or faithful to her in the conflict she faces with King Pedro IV. However, despite the mistreatment she suffered with her in-laws, in the context of the First Fernandine War (1370), infanta Maria would have made an effort to establish an alliance between the Kingdoms of Aragon and Portugal: According to Zurita, under the terms of the alliance treaty between the two kingdoms, would remain as guarantors (hostages) João Afonso Telo, 4th Count of Barcelos, Martim Garcia and Badasal Spinola "crossbowmen of the King of