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Eleanor of Portugal, Empress
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Leonor of Portugal (pron. IPA: [liu'noɾ]; English: Eleanor), was a Princess of Portugal, daughter of King Edward of Portugal and his wife Leonor of Aragon. Leonor was born in Torres Vedras on September 18, 1434.
On 16 March 1452 she married Frederick IV of Germany, and became Queen of the Romans and Queen of Germany; her husband and herself became Holy Roman Emperor and Empress on 19 March 1452. Her dowry was used by her husband to alleviate his financial problems.
With Frederick III she had four children:
- Cristopher, Archduke of Austria (1454-1455)
- Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459-1519)
- Helen, Archduchess of Austria (1460-1461)
- Kunigunde of Austria (1465-1520), married Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria
- John, Archduke of Austria (1466-1467)
It is in Empress Leonor that the Portuguese line of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor resides.
Leonor died in Wiener Neustadt on September 3, 1467, and is buried in the same city in the Monastery of the Order of Cister.
Her tombstone in the Neukloster of Wiener Neustadt.
| Preceded by Barbara of Celje |
Holy Roman Empress 1452-1467 |
Succeeded by Bianca Maria Sforza |
| Preceded by Elisabeth of Bohemia |
Queen of the Romans 1452 |
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| German Queen 1452-1467 |
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| Archduchess consort of Austria 1457-1467 |
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| Preceded by Cymburgis of Masovia |
Duchess consort of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola 1452–1467 |
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