Eleanor of Viseu 1458- 1525 Eleanor of Viseu was a Portuguese noble woman and consort of King Joao I

Eleanor of Viseu 1458- 1525 Eleanor of Viseu was a Portuguese noble woman and consort of King Joao II. In 1471, at the age of thirteen, Eleanor was married to Joao, the 16 year old Prince of Portugal and heir to the throne. On August 28, 1481 Eleanor’s husband ascended to the throne after the reigning monarch’s death. Joao ended up being very unpopular among the nobles. He planned to centralize power and wipe out corruption in the Portuguese nobility. Eleanor’s influence on her husband for these goals was obvious. Her family was torn, however. Eleanor’s brother and brother in law were both executed for being part of a treasonous plot against her husband. In the bloody campaign, almost the entire House of Braganza was exterminated.  On her own, Eleanor founded the city of Caldas da Rainha, named in her honor. She was concerned about the state of the throne after her husbands suspicious death. She saw to it that her brother, King Manuel I, was elevated to the throne. She then went on to dedicate her life to helping the poor and established Holy Houses of Mercy.  -- source link

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