All About Royal Families

In Sint-Niklaas, Belgium there is a small old but beautiful castle called the 'Castro Hof'. For years, I wondered where the name Castrohof came from. This question finally was solved in an exhibition  (January 2019) organised by the 'Koninklijke Oudheidkundige Kring Land van Waas'. So, in this blogpost I wanted to dig out more about the noble house de Castro y Toledo. Castro Hof, Sint-Niklaas Belgium own picture taken in 2016 Origin of the noble house Sources mentioned that the family name came from San Cebrián de las Amayelas. This was the old name for the town which has nowadays the name: Cebrián de Campos. It is a place in the region Castilla y Léon in the north west of Spain. Coat of Arms de Castro own picture taken in 2019 @the exhibition in the Library of Sint-Niklaas Some royal history During the rule of  King Philippe II of Spain, the Habsburg Netherlands were ruled by governors as Fernando Alvarez de Toledo (known as the Duke of

On 8 February 1291 Afonso was born in Lisbon as the rightful heir to the throne of Portugal. Family His parents were King Denis of Portugal and Elizabeth of Aragon. Afonso was thus a member of the Portuguese noble House of Burgundy. Youth Afonso IV was born as the rightful heir to the Portuguese throne. However, he was not the favourite son of King Denis. He preferred his illegitimate son, Afonso Sanches. The rivalry between the half-brothers even led to several civil wars. King of Portugal On 7 January 1325, Afonso's father died and Afonso IV became king, but his rival Afonso Sanches exiled to Castile and stripped him of all the lands and fiefdom given by their father Denis. After a few failed attempts at invasion, the brothers finally signed a peace treaty arranged by Afonso's mother Queen Elizabeth. Love and Marriage On 12 September 1309 Afonso married Beatrice of Castile, daughter of Sancho IV of Castile and Maria de Molina. They had 7 chil