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The murder of Queen Leonor in the castle

Castrojeriz, Odra-Pisuerga, Burgos

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The murder of Queen Leonor in the castle

Historical milestone · Castrojeriz, Odra-Pisuerga, Burgos

Image of Castrojeriz, not of the place itself.

The fortress that count Nuño Núñez raised in the ninth century on the hill was in 1359 the setting of the violent death of queen Leonor of Castile, dowager queen of Aragon, in the framework of the purges of Pedro I.

1359

Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez from Vigo, Spain (CC BY 2.0)

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