{"id":154102,"date":"2025-03-20T12:58:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T11:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/?p=154102"},"modified":"2025-03-20T13:32:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T12:32:35","slug":"154102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/en\/154102\/","title":{"rendered":"The Women of Bellesguard: \u201cAgainst All Odds\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">By Ferran Garc\u00e9s<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-154094\" src=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/69-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/69-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/69-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/69-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/69-600x338.webp 600w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/69.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We continue the series started two weeks ago about the women of Bellesguard. We began with <a href=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/ca\/la-querella-de-les-dones\/\">The Querelle des Femmes<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a debate about the condition of women that arose in the era of these women. We then followed with the biography of <a href=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/ca\/les-dones-de-bellesguard-dues-reines-un-palau\/\">The Two Queens Who Competed for the Palace<\/a>\u00a0 after the death of its founder, Martin I of Aragon. Today, we will discuss the next owners\u2014two ladies of the Catalan aristocracy who replaced them <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">against all odds<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. With them, Bellesguard ceased to be a royal residence and became a noble estate.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the previous article, we mentioned how one of those queens, Violant de Bar, had an unexpected ally in her efforts to take control of Bellesguard. Today, we will reveal who it was. Here\u2019s a hint: it was one of these ladies&#8230;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"3\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Elionor (or Leonor) de Cervell\u00f3 <\/span><\/b>(1424\u20131441)<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Of all the women of Bellesguard, Elionor de Cervell\u00f3 is the least known. On Wikipedia, she is mentioned only in the <a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ant%C3%B3n_de_Luna\">Spanish Biography<\/a>\u00a0 of her husband, Antonio de Luna, as the mother of his daughter. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonio_de_Luna_y_de_X%C3%A8rica\">Catalan Biography<\/a>\u00a0 of the same husband, she is not mentioned at all. She is also absent from the <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonio_de_Luna_y_de_X%C3%A8rica\">Catalan Biography<\/a>\u00a0, the main historical source for the study of Bellesguard.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What can we say about her? Thanks to Esteban Galindo L\u00f3pez, a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/ca\/bellesguard\/investigacio\/\">Torre Bellesguard Research Group<\/a>\u00a0, we know she was the daughter of Hug Alemany de Cervell\u00f3 and Beatriu d\u2019Erill, and the niece of Guerau Alemany de Cervell\u00f3, governor of Catalonia. As a result, Elionor belonged to one of Catalonia\u2019s most important families. Her status rose when she married the nobleman Antonio de Luna, counselor to Violant de Bar, then the widow of King John I of Aragon (the brother of Martin I). Their marriage contract was signed on October 7, 1409, at the Monastery of Pedralbes, in the presence of the dowager queen. At that time, King Martin was still alive, but they <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">may have married in the chapel of Bellesguard in May 1410<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the month in which the king died without a legitimate heir.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">During the subsequent succession conflict, both the queen and her lady-in-waiting supported Louis of Anjou, the French grandson of Queen Violant. However, in a dramatic turn of events, Antonio de Luna became the main supporter of James II of Urgell, one of the leading claimants to the throne. He even participated in the assassination of the Archbishop of Zaragoza, a staunch defender of Louis of Anjou\u2019s claim. This act led to a complete break with Queen Violant and Elionor. The \u201ctraitor\u201d husband soon met his fate\u2014he died in 1419, far from political affairs, with his assets confiscated. Yet, <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">against all odds<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Elionor managed to reclaim some properties that granted her considerable financial power.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And now for the revelation we promised. Who was the unexpected ally of Queen Violant? By this point in the article, you have probably guessed it. Indeed, it was Elionor de Cervell\u00f3\u2014the lady whose financial position, in those turbulent years, was <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">superior<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to that of her mistress, Queen Violant. Their relationship must have been very strong because, in 1424, the Lady of Cervell\u00f3 <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">purchased the Bellesguard tower from her<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe believe,\u201d historian Carles D\u00edaz Mart\u00ed suggests, \u201cthat she did it to help the dowager queen. In Elionor\u2019s hands, Violant was able to live peacefully at Bellesguard until her death in 1431. It is likely that they lived together in the tower.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We do not know if Elfa de Luna i Cervell\u00f3, the only daughter of Elionor and the Count of Luna, also resided with them. This is the daughter mentioned earlier in the Spanish biography of Antonio de Luna.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Later, the loyal lady, as executor of her late mistress\u2019s will, offered Bellesguard to the Hieronymite monks of the Monastery of Vall d\u2019Hebron\u2014founded by Queen Violant\u2014and the Monastery of la Murta. However,<a href=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/ca\/quan-bellesguard-podia-haver-sigut-un-monestir\/\">The Monastery Merger<\/a>\u00a0 never materialized. Then, between 1441 and 1446, Bellesguard passed through the hands of two nobles who were only interested in profiting from the estate\u2019s purchase and sale. Finally, in 1446, it was acquired by <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cecilia of Urgell and Cabrera<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, who would own and reside there until her death in 1458. With her, the cycle begun by Martin I at Bellesguard came to an end\u2014a cycle in which she had once been a candidate to become Queen of Aragon&#8230;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"3\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cecilia of Urgell (c.1380\u20131460)<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:281,&quot;335559739&quot;:281}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Owner and resident: 1446\u20131458<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The last woman to reside in and own the former palace of Bellesguard is the person least expected by anyone at the time of King Martin I and the struggles for his succession during the Compromise of Caspe in 1412.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Let\u2019s recall the historical context. In late 1406, a fatal illness took Mar\u00eda de Luna, King Martin\u2019s first wife. In 1409, three years later, the king sought refuge in the palace of Bellesguard. At that time, only one of his sons was still alive, but he too would soon pass away. To secure the kingdom\u2019s future, King Martin had to find a new wife. The candidates were <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Margarida of Prades and Cecilia of Urgell<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. After some controversy, the king chose Margarida de Prades that same year. Their wedding took place at Bellesguard, shortly after the funeral of his last surviving heir.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">However, the marriage did not produce the longed-for son, and in 1410, King Martin died without a direct successor. As mentioned, one of the strongest contenders for the throne was <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">James II of Urgell<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Cecilia\u2019s brother\u2014the same claimant supported by Antonio de Luna, Elionor de Cervell\u00f3\u2019s husband.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ultimately, during the Compromise of Caspe, Ferdinand of Antequera was chosen\u2014a candidate supported by none of the women of Bellesguard. However, Violant and Elionor prudently accepted his victory. The Urgells, on the other hand, took up arms to dispute the crown. In 1414, their revolt was crushed, and Cecilia\u2019s brother was sentenced to life imprisonment. This is why he is remembered in popular history as \u201cThe Unfortunate.\u201d His entire family and supporters shared in this grim fate.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thus, <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">against all odds<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, years later, Cecilia not only survived the repression of her family but, in a twist of fate, purchased and died in the very palace where she had once been a candidate to marry its founder, King Martin&#8230;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/ca\/cecilia-durgell\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">More Information: The Voices of Bellesguard \u2013 Cecilia<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(1) Vall i Comaposada, Josep M. (2014), <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bellesguard. From the residence of Martin the Humane to Gaud\u00ed\u2019s tower<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Duxelem, Barcelona, p. 78.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(2) Galindo L\u00f3pez, Esteban (2020), \u201cAnalysis of the historical landscape in the northern area of the Barcelona plain, 15th to 18th centuries: Bellesguard\u201d, Doctoral Thesis, University of Barcelona, pp. 157-158.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(3) Vendrell Gallostra, Francisca (1992), \u201cViolante de Bar and the Compromise of Caspe\u201d, Royal Academy of Good Letters, Barcelona, pp. 31-32. See online: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boneslletres.cat\/publicacions\/Altres_publicacions\/b15384433.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The stay of Queen Violante at the Pedralbes Monastery was not fortuitous. Francisca Vendrell explains the reason: \u201cSettled in the monastery, it was easier for her to frequently visit the tower of Bellesguard, the continuous residence of the king and his new wife, Margarita of Prades\u201d (Ibid, p. 31).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(4) Vall i Comaposada, <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Op. Cit.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(5) Vendrell Gallostra, <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Op. Cit.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, pp. 46-48, 103-104. The author includes letters signed by Queen Violante herself.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(6) Galindo L\u00f3pez, Esteban. <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Op. Cit.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(7) The purchase was made between Elionor de Cervell\u00f3 and Francesc d\u2019Aviny\u00f3, a nobleman to whom Alfonso the Magnanimous had granted Bellesguard. However, his intention \u201cwas not to live in the house but to profit from it,\u201d which is why he quickly sold it to Elionor. Galindo L\u00f3pez, Esteban. <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ibid.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(8) Vall i Comaposada, <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ibid.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(9) Costafreda, Virg\u00ednia (2021). \u201cRehabilitation of Margarida de Montferrat: A Countess of Urgell Condemned by History\u201d. <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nokaria. Journal of the Noguera Museum<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 43-65.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ferran Garc\u00e9s\u00a0 We continue the series started two weeks ago about the women of Bellesguard. We began with The Querelle des Femmes\u00a0, a debate about the condition of women that arose in the era of these women. 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