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SYMHC Classics: Inês de Castro and Pedro I of Portugal

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Myth of Star Cross Lover

The love story of pedro and ineza has been the subject of many fictionalized versions over the centuries. Inez was most likely killed at santa clara of veja, where she and pedro had been living with their children. According to myth her blood still stains the stones there, and there are some tales that she haunts the placeyes. Many versions of the story indicate that annez was stabbed when she was killed but some say she was decapitated. And this is contradictory to some of the other mythology that we're going to talk about in just a moment.

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