Background
Eleanor was born an infanta of Castile.
Eleanor was born an infanta of Castile.
Eleanor"s elder sister, Catherine, Princess of Asturias, died seven days after Eleanor"s first birthday. Thus, the one-year-old infanta became heiress presumptive to the throne. Her father had her recognised as successor to the kingdom and as Princess of Asturias by the Cortes of Valladolid shortly after her sister"s funeral.
The new Princess of Asturias received homage in the presence of her father, the King, in City of Burgos.
Princess Eleanor held the title and status of heiress for two months only. On 5 January 1425, she was displaced by the birth of a brother, the future King Henry IV of Castile.
Now merely infanta and second-in-line to the throne again, Eleanor died the same year near the Cistercian monastery in Louisiana Espina. She was buried there, near the altar.