Afonso was born in Sintra, the eldest son of King Edward of Portugal by his wife, Eleanor of Aragon.

In 1440 he was elected German king as Frederick IV and in 1452 crowned Holy Roman Emperor as Frederick III by Pope Nicholas V. In 1452, at the age of 37, he married the 18-year-old Infanta Eleanor, daughter of King Edward of Portugal, whose dowry helped him to alleviate his debts and cement his power.

Frederick III and Eleanor of Portugal.

Frederick had 5 children from his marriage with Eleanor of Portugal:

* 1434 – Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress ( d. 1467 )

* November 15 – Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France ( d. 1558 )

Maximilian I ( 22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519 ), the son of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanor of Portugal, was King of the Romans ( also known as King of the Germans ) from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1493 until his death, though he was never in fact crowned by the Pope, the journey to Rome always being too risky.

* September 3 – Eleanor of Portugal, Empress ( b. 1434 )

* September 18 – Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress ( d. 1467 )

* Eleanor of Austria ( 1498 – 1558 ), wife of Manuel I of Portugal and Francis I of France, daughter of Joanna of Castile and Philip the Handsome of Austria-Burgundy

He openly neglected his wife, Maria of Portugal, and had an ostentatious passion for Eleanor of Guzman, who bore him ten children.

* Eleanor ( 1498 – 1558 ), Queen consort first to Manuel I of Portugal and secondly to Francis I of France.

* Eleanor of Viseu ( 1458 – 1525 ), wife of John II of Portugal

* Eleanor of Austria ( 1498 – 1558 ), Queen consort of Portugal ( 1516 – 1521 ) and of France ( 1530 – 1547 )

Eleanor of Viseu ( 2 May 1458 – 17 November 1525 ; ) was a Portuguese infanta ( princess ) and later queen consort of Portugal.

Eleanor was a daughter of Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu, and his wife and cousin Beatrice of Portugal.

Eleanor married John, Prince of Portugal, on 22 January 1470.

The queen consorts of Portugal were awarded fiefs and villages to grant them independent incomes, and Eleanor was granted Silves e Faro and Terras de Aldeia Galega e Aldeia Gavinha for this purpose.

Eleanor of Austria ( 15 November 1498 – 25 February 1558 ), also called Eleanor of Castile, was born an Archduchess of Austria and Infanta of Castile from the House of Habsburg, and subsequently became Queen consort of Portugal ( 1518 – 1521 ) and of France ( 1530 – 1547 ).

Eleanor married her uncle by marriage, King Manuel I of Portugal, after a proposed marriage with her cousin the Crown Prince, the future King John III of Portugal, did not occur.

Her brother Charles arranged the marriage between Eleanor and the King of Portugal to avoid the possibility of Portuguese assistance for any rebellion in Castile.

As Queen Dowager of Portugal, Eleanor returned to the court of Charles in Spain.

Dorothy Thompson ( 9 July 1893, Lancaster, New York – 30 January 1961, Lisbon, Portugal ) was an American journalist and radio broadcaster, who in 1939 was recognized by Time magazine as the second most influential woman in America next to Eleanor Roosevelt.

Virginia Dare ( born August 18, 1587 ) was the first child born in the Americas to English parents, Ananias and Eleanor White Dare in the short-lived Roanoke Colony.

On 18 May 1152 ( Whit Sunday ), eight weeks after her annulment, Eleanor married Henry ' without the pomp and ceremony that befitted their rank '.

* January 18 – Eleanor Burford ( Jean Plaidy, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Ellalice Tate, Anna Percival, Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr ), English writer ( b. 1906 )

* May 18 – Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henry of Anjou after getting her previous marriage to Louis VII annulled.

James Strom Thurmond was born on December 5, 1902, in Edgefield, South Carolina, the son of Eleanor Gertrude ( Strom ) ( July 18, 1870 – January 10, 1958 ) and John William Thurmond ( May 1, 1862 – June 17, 1934 ), a lawyer.

The artist has perhaps tried to depict Edward's blepharoptosis, a trait he inherited from his father. Edward was born at the Palace of Westminster on the night of 17 – 18 June 1239, to King Henry III and Eleanor of Provence.

Hugh de Despenser the elder continued to hold Bristol against Isabella and Mortimer, who placed it under siege between 18 – 26 October ; when it fell, Isabella was able to recover her daughters Eleanor and Joan, who had been kept in the Despenser's custody.

Margaret Eleanor Atwood, ( born November 18, 1939 ) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist.

Virginia Dare ( born August 18, 1587, date of death unknown ) was the first child born in the Americas to English parents, Eleanor ( also Ellinor or Elyonor ) and Ananias Dare.

His first marriage, to Eleanor of Aragon on 18 June 1375, produced his only known issue, including the future Kings Henry III of Castile and Ferdinand I of Aragon.

Eleanor Rosalynn Carter ( born Eleanor Rosalynn Smith ; August 18, 1927 ) is the wife of the former President of the United States Jimmy Carter and in that capacity served as the First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981.

The centerpiece of the $ 50 million 2003 expansion is The Eleanor Armstrong Smith Glasshouse, an 18, 000 square foot ( 1, 700 m² ) conservatory home to plant and animal life from two separate biomes, the spiny desert of Madagascar and the cloud forest of Costa Rica.

Frederick Broome, rector of Kenley, Salop, by his wife Catherine Eleanor ( eldest daughter of Lieut .- Colonel Napier, formerly Superintendent Indian Department, Canada ) was born on 18 November 1842 in Canada.

John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk, KG ( 18 October 1444 – 14 January 1476 ), known as 1st Earl of Surrey between 1451 and 1461, was the only son of John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and Eleanor Bourchier.

Les Roberts ( born Lester Roubert, July 18, 1937 ) to Lester Nathaniel and Eleanor ( Bauch ) Roubert in Chicago, Illinois ; he changed his name to Roberts in 1968.

Fairbairn married Eleanor Sharwood, daughter of Sydney Sharwood, on 18 November 1891 at Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria.

Wharton was twice married: first, before 4 July 1518, to Eleanor, daughter of Sir Bryan Stapleton of Wighill, near Healaugh ; and, secondly, on 18 November 1561, to Anne, second daughter of Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, by whom he had no issue.

At Soria on the 18 June 1375, Eleanor married John I of Castile.

Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford ( 18 September 1501 – 30 April 1563 ) was born in Penshurst, Kent, England the eldest son of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Buckingham.

Eleanor was born in Torres Vedras on 18 September 1434, one of the nine children of King Edward of Portugal and Eleanor of Aragon.

The Infanta Maria, Duchess of Viseu ( Lisbon, 18 June 1521 – Lisbon, 10 October 1577 ; ; ) was a Portuguese infanta ( princess ) daughter of King Manuel I and his wife Eleanor of Austria.