ám ara . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Bet ro th als ▁and ▁marriage ▁Ele an or ▁was ▁subject ▁to ▁marriage ▁plans ▁with ▁Ferdinand ▁I ▁of ▁Portugal ▁in ▁ 1 3 7 1 ▁however , ▁the ▁King ▁refused ▁the ▁match ▁as ▁he ▁had ▁secret ly ▁married ▁noble w oman ▁Leon or ▁T elles ▁de ▁M enez es . ▁ ▁A ▁bet ro th al ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁ 1 3 7 3 ▁in ▁Burg os ▁with ▁Prince ▁Charles , ▁he ir ▁to ▁his ▁father ▁Charles ▁II ▁of ▁Navar re . ▁The ▁couple ▁were ▁married ▁at ▁S oria ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 3 7 5 . ▁A ▁test ament ▁dated ▁at ▁Burg os ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁May ▁ 1 3 7 4 , ▁shows ▁that ▁King ▁Henry ▁II ▁be que athed ▁property ▁to ▁his ▁daughter ▁Ele an or ▁as ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁her ▁dow ry . ▁ ▁The ▁Years ▁in ▁Cast ile ▁However , ▁the ▁newly ▁married ▁royal ▁couple ▁went ▁through ▁certain ▁mar ital ▁disput es . ▁In ▁ 1 3 8 8 , ▁Ele an or ▁asked ▁at ▁a ▁meeting ▁between ▁her ▁husband ▁and ▁her ▁brother ▁John ▁I ▁of ▁Cast ile , ▁for ▁permission ▁to ▁ret ire ▁for ▁some ▁time ▁to ▁her ▁hom eland ▁of ▁Cast ile , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁recover ▁from ▁an ▁ill ness ▁in ▁the ▁local ▁climate , ▁which ▁she ▁had ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁best ▁for ▁her ▁health . ▁She ▁took ▁her ▁young ▁daughters , ▁whom ▁she ▁bore ▁her ▁husband ▁during ▁the ▁first ▁th ir teen ▁years ▁of ▁their ▁marriage .