Chapter IV- D. Pedro and Inês de Castro

D. Pedro I - 8th Portuguese King 


Picture 1- D. Pedro I

D. Pedro I was Eighth King of Portugal, his story is important dear readers, because of his romance lived, a pure and true love but that ends in tragedy, we could think it is just a story, what I write in these lines was A true love story.
D. Pedro was born in Coimbra on April 8, 1320.
Married to D. Constança Manuel of Castile
Following the change of D. Constança (wife of D. Pedro) to Portugal, she was accompanied by an aia Galega by the name of Inês de Castro, who unleashed a sovereign passion on the then Prince D. Pedro, and who, in the eyes of His father ( D. Afonso IV) should be a forbidden romance, for D. Afonso IV saw in this union a good excuse for Castile to claim for himself the Throne of Portugal

Picture 2- Inês de Castro

After crossing their eyes, Inês and D. Pedro do not resist the love that lived in their hearts and thus begins their secret and forbidden romance.
They were in the Quinta das Lágrimas in Coimbra,  there was a small Fountain nowadays called Fonte dos Amores, because it circulated the letters of love between Pedro and Inês. Legend has it that the prince put them in a wooden boat. And nothing seemed to disrupt this love, though not for long, for both can not escape the gazes and conversations of the Portuguese court, having been a subject of conversation several times.

Picture 3- Fonte dos Amores, Portugal


Picture 4- Facade of Quinta das Lágrimas

This sudden romance causes a premature death of D. Pedro's wife. Constance of Castile-than in 1345, who died giving birth to Don Fernando.
With the death of this one, D. Pedro passes to live maritally with D. Inês
From the fruit of this love, D. Inês has four children.

Death of Inês
Pedro and Inês set up together in Coimbra
Many found this romance between D. Pedro and D. Inês, it would be a strong reason for Portugal to lose Independence, since Castile longed for the annexation of Portugal
Fearing D. Afonso IV of the influence that D. Ines de Castro decides to have D. Inês imprisoned, and then to have her killed, when Don Pedro I was absent on a hunting expedition
At that time there were rumors that D. Pedro had married D Inês de Castro in secret, in the Royal family an incident of this originated political implications.

The right opportunity came when D. Pedro was absent for being on a hunting expedition, then King D. Afonso IV was accompanied by three more noblemen leaving for Coimbra to kill D. Ines de Castro
Ines, perceiving the reason for the presence of those illustrious masters, begged them not to kill her so that they would remember their children, the sorrow of Don Pedro and she cried, and these tears only caused the king to withdraw while she was barbarously murdered , Stabbed in cold blood without mercy or pity

Picture 5- Death of Inês de Castro

According to legend, the tears shed from Ines will have originated the Source of tears in Quinta das Lágrimas, where his blood was shed still today are engraved on the rocks and the reddish algae that grow there are those of his shed blood.

Picture 6- Fonte das Lágrimas


This bloody death originated a civil war between D. Pedro and his father D. Afonso VI and against all those who conspired the death of D. Ines,
Peace came by the will of the people on August 15, 1356, yet Pedro never forgave his father for the death of his great love.
When Dom Pedro ascended to the throne, he declared in June 1360 that he married Don Inês de Castro, held secretly before his death, and it was his will to make her remembered as Queen of Portugal. However, regarding the secret marriage between Dom Pedro and D. Inês, historians do not find records to prove this.
Legend has it that D. Pedro had unearthed the body of Ines, seated her on the throne and crowned her as Queen of Portugal and forced all present to kiss her dead and icy hand in the Royal ceremony, under pain of those who did not Do so would be sentenced to death
He then ordered the construction of two tombs in the Monastery of Alcobaça, so that on the day of the Last Judgment, the eternal resurrected lovers can immediately see each other, which is why the tombs face each other

Picture 7- Monastery of Alcobaça, Portugal

Picture 8- Tomb of D. Pedro, in Monastery of Alcobaça



Picture 9- Tomb of D. Inês , in Monastery of Alcobaça



Regardless of the marriage or not of D. Inês's marriage to D. Pedro, there is no doubt that the history of the two will forever be an epic and historical story of Love

Picture 10- Pedro and Inês


Picture 11- Wedding of D. Pedro and Inês


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