page_title: Don Juan Manuel
section_title: Children
hierarchical_section_title: Don Juan Manuel / Children
caption_attribution_description: English: Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena, and Blanche de Lacerda, in a 17th-century painting in the Palace of the Counts of Ficalho, in Serpa, Portugal. Português: D. João Manuel, Príncipe de Vilhena, e D. Branca de Lacerda, numa pintura do século XVII no Palácio dos Condes de Ficalho, em Serpa, Portugal. Lê-se na inscrição: "D. IOÃO MANUEL D. BRANCA DE LACERDA".
context_page_description: Don Juan Manuel was a Spanish medieval writer, nephew of Alfonso X of Castile, son of Manuel of Castile and Beatrice of Savoy. He inherited from his father the great Seigneury of Villena, receiving the titles of Lord, Duke and lastly Prince of Villena. He married three times, choosing his wives for political and economic convenience, and worked to match his children with partners associated with royalty. Juan Manuel became one of the richest and most powerful men of his time, coining his own currency as the kings did. During his life, he was criticised for choosing literature as his vocation, an activity thought inferior for a nobleman of such prestige.
  Some confusion exists about his names and titles. Juan Manuel often refers to himself in his books as "Don Juan, son of infante don Manuel". But some 19th and early 20th century scholars started calling him infante, a title he did not possess, as in medieval Castile only the sons of kings were called infantes. The same applies for the title of Duke and Prince of Villena, that he received from Alfonso IV and Pedro IV of Aragón.
context_section_description: His first wife was Elizabeth, daughter of James II of Majorca. She died around 1301 and they had no children.
  With Constance of Aragon, daughter of James II of Aragon:
  Constanza Manuel of Villena (c. 1318 – 1345), wife of prince Peter of Portugal.
  Beatrice Manuel of Villena, died young.
  Manuel of Villena, died young.
  With Blanca de La Cerda y Lara:
  Fernando Manuel of Villena (died c. 1350), Lord of Escalona, Peñafiel and Villena, who married 1346 Joan, a daughter of Ramón Berenguer, Count of Ampurias, himself a younger son of James II of Aragon. The couple had a daughter, Blanca Manuel (c. 1348 – 1361), heiress of Villena, Escalona and Peñafiel until 1361.
  Juana Manuel of Villena (1339–1381), who married 1350 Henry II of Castile (1333–79) and became Queen of Castile.
  Illegitimate with Inés de Castañeda:
  Sancho Manuel of Villena (1320–1347),
  Enrique Manuel of Villena (1340–1390), count of Seia and lord of Sintra
caption: Blanca de La Cerda and Don Juan Manuel, in a 17th-century Portuguese painting series depicting the ancestors of the Manuel family (Ficalho Palace, Serpa, Portugal)
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