Juana Núñez de Lara

Juana was first married to Infante Henry of Castile,[1] son of Ferdinand III of Castile and his first wife Elisabeth of Swabia. The marriage was childless and Henry died in 1304, leaving Juana a young widow.

Juana was married secondly to Ferdinand de la Cerda,[2] son of Ferdinand de la Cerda and his wife Blanche of France. Blanche was a daughter of Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence. Juana and Ferdinand had four children:

• Juan Núñez III de Lara (1313–1350), married Maria de Haro[1]
• Blanche Núñez de Lara (1311–1347), married Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena[2]
• Margaret Núñez de Lara, a nun.
• Maria Núñez de Lara, married Charles II of Alençon[1] and was mother of Charles III of Alençon.

Their daughter, Blanca de La Cerda y Lara, was mother of Juana Manuel of Castile. Juana Manuel was married to king Henry II of Castile and was mother of king John I of Castile and Infanta Eleanor of Castile.

Juana's husband died in 1322, Juana herself died in Palencia in 1351.

• Doubleday, Simon R. (2001). The Lara Family, Crown and Nobility in Medieval Spain. Harvard University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Estow, Clara (1995). Pedro the Cruel of Castile: 1350-1369. Brill.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)