RT Journal Article
T1 The Households of Princesses. Service and Representation through the first Household of Infanta Leonor of Aragon (1366-1375)
A1 Pelaz Flores, Diana
K1 Leonor of Aragon
K1 Infanta's Household
K1 Courteous service
K1 Female networks
K1 Crown of Aragon
AB The court service of queens and infantas demonstrates the complexity andchanging nature of its composition over time. These are not only changes broughtabout by the needs of the service itself, but also by political issues, family alliances,and questions of representation. The courtly customs of each kingdom generate aparticular identity, while at the same time offering protection to their caregivers andsafeguarding the interests of their kingdom of origin. This paper looks at theparticular case of the entourage that accompanied Leonor of Aragon on her first tripto Castile (1366), to celebrate the entry into the kingdom of Enrique of Trastamara,and his subsequent coronation. This episode was selected because it combines theincorporation of the Infanta into the entourage of her future mother-in-law, JuanaManuel de Villena, long before her marriage, and also because it reveals the strengthof the political and military interests of her father, King Pedro IV of Aragon. As theInfanta was an eight-year-old maid, the role of her officers and servants is key, due tothe tasks they performed and the decisions they took to protect the Infanta and theimage of the Crown of Aragon
PB University of Winchester
YR 2023
FD 2023-06
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32467
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32467
LA eng
NO Pelaz Flores, D., 2023. The Households of the Princesses: Service and Representation through the first Household of Infanta Leonor of Aragon (1366-1375). Royal Studies Journal, 10(1), p.44-72.
NO “Espacios femeninos cortesanos: Ámbitos curiales, relaciones territoriales y prácticas políticas” [IP: Diana Pelaz Flores, MICIIN PGC2018-099205-A-C22].
DS Minerva
RD 29 abr 2026