Pedro I, the eighth king of Portugal, erected a skeleton as his queen after he ascended the throne and asked the princes and ministers to salute the skeleton.
(Pedro I)
Speaking of which, this is really a sad story.
Pedro I was the third son of King Alfonso IV of Portugal, and his mother was a noble lady of the Kingdom of Castile.
Originally, Pedro I was not eligible to inherit the throne because of his two older brothers. Unfortunately, his two older brothers died prematurely, and according to the law of succession, Pedro I was made crown prince.
When Pedro I came of age, Alfonso IV, for political reasons, still selected for him a noble lady of noble birth from his mother's mother's side as his crown princess.
Although the appointed crown princess was born beautiful and of noble birth, Pedro I had no interest in her and refused the marriage.
Alfonso IV had always said that he could not tolerate Pedro I's disobedience, so he threatened Pedro I with "abolishing the succession to the throne" and threatened to exile Pedro I.
Pedro I, persuaded by his friends, understood that even if he rejected the lady, his father would arrange for another princess or lady to be his crown princess, and in short, his marriage would never be decided by him. So after thinking about it, he compromised with Alfonso IV.
On the day of the wedding, Pedro I did not do the joy of the groom, he handled the work at hand as usual. It was not until the bride arrived at the palace that he hurriedly changed into a homely dress and went out to greet her.
Although the groom of Pedro I was quite incompetent, the other party really put up a lot of pomp and circumstance in order to elevate the status of the lady. Not only did it contain many boxes of dowries, but it also equipped the young lady with a long line of relatives.
It was a team of noble concubines and ladies, dressed up and exquisitely dressed. Under their background, the crown princess is even more beautiful and moving. But despite the Crown Princess's delicate body, wrapped in a beautiful dress studded with pearls, it looked so moving. But on her beautiful face, there was a proud look, which made Pedro I more and more unable to feel good about her.
According to court etiquette, the ladies and ladies who sent their relatives were to salute the crown prince and the crown princess respectively.
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Among them was a noble lady named Innes, who caught the attention of Pedro I.
The lady was graceful, and on her beautiful face Pedro I saw a pure and gentle glow. Like being struck by Eros, Pedro I understood that this was the girl he wanted to love all his life.
Pedro I ignored the newly married crown princess and turned to instead launched a love offensive against Innes.
Innes also had a crush on Pedro I, and the two often met in secret and exchanged heartfelt feelings.
In Europe, although monogamy was practiced, the king or prince who had a lover after marriage was not condemned by society. But Pedro I felt guilty for not being able to give Innes a name.
At such times, Innes gently told him that he only wanted Pedro I to be by his side.
Pedro I publicly lived with Innes in the Castle of Coimbra, where the two spent several years of happiness and sweetness, and Innes bore him 4 children.
Although these 4 children are not legally recognized, they can only bear the label of illegitimate children. But Pedro I was full of love for these four children.
Alfonso IV, however, was very dissatisfied with Pedro I's performance, almost in a commanding tone, demanding that he and the crown princess must give birth to a future heir.
Forced to do so, Pedro I once again obeyed his father's orders. Although he had no love for the Crown Princess, he allowed the Crown Princess to conceive the child smoothly.
Because of the long lack of love from her husband, the crown princess has been depressed and depressed. As a result, during childbirth, due to difficult childbirth, although a baby boy was finally born, she died due to difficult childbirth.
The death of the crown princess led Alfonso IV to believe that it was caused by Innes. So in his rage, he executed Innes and her three children when Pedro I was abroad, leaving only his infant son.
Pedro I heard the bad news and decided to avenge Innes. He gathered the rebels and quickly surrounded the city of Porto, where the royal palace was located.
This war between father and son was fought unusually badly, and both sides suffered countless casualties. Seeing that the Portuguese army was about to be overwhelmed and the city was destroyed in an instant, Pedro I saw the corpses piled up under the city walls and suddenly realized that the war had taken many wives' husbands and created more misfortunes. So he slid down his horse and told Alfonso IV that he was not ready to continue fighting.
Logically, Pedro I was a rebel, and in The Chinese feudal dynastic society, he was absolutely to be executed by the emperor. But Alfonso IV was already in his prime, and considering his execution, there would be no successor. So in the end, they agreed to reconcile with him, and the two sides made an oath that if everything that was past, let it pass.
In 1357, Alfonso IV died of illness shortly after reconciling with Pedro I, and Pedro I successfully ascended to the throne.
As soon as Pedro I ascended the throne, he captured several nobles who had participated in the killing of Innes and ripped them alive.
Subsequently, Pedro I declared that he had long been married to Innes, so Innes should be buried according to the queen's etiquette.
Since he was king, the ministers did not dare to oppose him.
At Innes's funeral, Pedro I announced that he already had a wife, who was the Queen of Portugal. After saying this, he slammed open the curtain on the queen's throne, and a skeleton draped in a white wedding dress appeared in front of everyone.
Everyone was horrified to find that the skull's head was wearing a crown that only a queen could wear, and the cuffs of the wedding dress revealed a white sensen's hand bone.
This is naturally innes, who was killed many years ago.
It turned out that for several years, Pedro I had not buried Innes, but had lived with the dead Innes night and night.
Pedro I brought over Fernando, the youngest son he and Innes had. He said to Fernando, "Let's start with the queen when you start."
Fernando was a few years old, and though he was afraid, he plucked up the courage and kissed the bone of Bai Sensen's hand.
Next, the ministers went to see the queen one by one.
After this, Pedro I buried Innes with a solemn funeral.
After that, Pedro I never had any entanglement with any woman.
Until after his death, the people obeyed his wishes and buried him and Innes together.
(Reference: Pedro I)