Alfonso XI never went to the extreme lengths of his son Peter of Castile, but he could be bloody in his methods. He killed for reasons of state without any form of trial. He openly neglected his wife, Maria of Portugal, and indulged a scandalous passion for Eleanor of Guzman, who bore him ten children.
Alfonso XI never went to the extreme lengths of his son Peter of Castile, but he could be bloody in his methods He killed for reasons of state without any form of trial. He openly neglected his wife Maria of Portugal, and indulged a scandalous passion for Eleanor of Guzman, who bore him ten children.