Alfonso Enríquez
Conde de Gijón
(1355–>1407)

Biographical

Conde de Gijón 1366–83 conf.
Conde de Valencia de Don Juan 1383, conf.
Conde de Noreña 1366–83 conf.
Señor de Puebla de Villaviciosa –1383 conf.
Señor de Cangas de Onís –1383 conf.
Señor de Cabrieles –1383 conf.
Señor de Pongrín –1383 conf.
Señor de Mañán –1383 conf.
Señor de Piloña –1383 conf.
Señor de Pravia –1383 conf.
Señor de Paredes de Nava –1383 conf.
Señor de Valdés –1383 conf.
Señor de Salas –1383 conf.

Alfonso came into conflict with his half-brother, King Juan I, and later with King Enrique III. He had all his titles confiscated after rebelling against Juan in 1382. The Concord of Gijón on 18 June 1383 compensated him with the County of Valencia de Don Juan, but this too was confiscated for disloyalty, and he was imprisoned for six years in Almonacid Castle and Monreal Castle. He was released under Enrique III in 1392, but rebelled again. He was defeated in 1394 and exiled to France, where he tried to secure support for his cause in the English-held ports, but was unsuccessful.

Place of marriage: Burgos
Place of death: Marans or Bayonne, France

Illegitimate son of Enrique II, King of Castile and Elvira Íñiguez de Vega, he was married in 1378 to Isabel of Portugal (Burgundy-Capet), with issue:
• Beatriz, *c. 1383, died young; she was offered as a hostage by her father to Juan II, King of Castile
• Enrique Enríquez, *1384; in 1394, he was given as a hostage to the king; in 1407, he received aid from the King of Navarre to visit his father in Bayonne; and in 1415, he served at the capture of Ceuta; he had illegitimate issue:
      • Nuno Henriques de Noronha, *c. 1420; married to Mécia de Ribadeneira, with issue
      • María de Noronha, *c. 1425, †<1502; married 1437 to Pedro Vaz de Melo, with issue
• Fernando de Noronha (see)
• Pedro (see)
• Juan Enríquez, *c. 1393; present at the siege of Balaguer 1413
• Constanza, *c. 1396, †1480 Guimarães, ‡San Francisco; married 1420 in Sintra to Afonso de Bragança, with no issue
• Sancho (see)

Alfonso had illegitimate issue by Inés Soto de los Infantes:
• Juana (see)

Alfonso had illegitimate issue by unnamed women:
• Fernando (see)
• Martín, *c. 1380; ambassador for Juan II of Castile 1437; he took part in the wars against France, residing in France in 1444
• Diego, *c. 1385; possibly married firstly to an unnamed woman in c. 1410, with issue; he was married secondly in c. 1408 to Beatriz de Guzmán, with issue
• María, *c. 1393; married c. 1417 to Iñigo de Zúñiga, with issue
• Beatriz de Noronha, *c. 1395; married c. 1420 to Rui Vaz Pereira, with issue