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2 unusual facts about Álvaro Pires de Castro


Álvaro Pires de Castro

As a result, he was the half-brother of the powerful Galician nobleman Fernando Ruiz de Castro, the Castilian queen Juana de Castro (wife of King Peter of Castile) and the controversial Inês de Castro, mistress and consort of King Peter I of Portugal.

Álvaro Pires de Castro (sometimes written as "Peres de Castro" or "Pérez de Castro") was the illegitimate son of the powerful Galician nobleman Pedro Fernández de Castro and his mistress Mayor Leguizamon.



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