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{{Short description|Spanish noble}}
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{{infobox nobility
| name         = Tello Alfonso
| title        = Lord of Aguilar de Campoo
| image        = Sarcophagi of Tello of Castille 001.jpg
| image_size   = 250px
| caption      = Sarcophagus of Tello of Castille in the convent of Saint Francis in [[Palencia]]
| noble family = [[Castilian House of Ivrea]]
| father       = [[Alfonso XI of Castile]]
| mother       = [[Eleanor of Guzman]]
| spouse       = [[Juana of Lara]]
| issue        = [[Tello Alfonso#Family|See ''Issue'']]
| birth_date   = 1337
| birth_place  = 
| death_date   = October 1370 (aged 33)
| death_place  = 
| religion     = [[Roman Catholicism]]
}}

'''Tello Alfonso of Castile''' (1337 – October 1370) was the seventh of the ten illegitimate children of [[Alfonso XI of Castile]] and [[Eleanor of Guzman]].  He was a prince of Castile and First Lord of [[Aguilar de Campoo]].  In Spanish he is known as ''Tello de Castilla, Infante de Castilla; Señor de Aguilar de Campoo, de Vizcaya, de Castañeda y de Lara''.

==Biography==
He was born in [[Seville]]. He participated along with his brothers in the struggles against the despotic rule of his half-brother [[Pedro of Castile]] also known as Pedro the Cruel.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

==Family==
In 1353 he married [[Juana of Lara]] (daughter of [[Juan Núñez III de Lara]]), but she was reportedly murdered in 1359, on orders of King Peter ([[Pedro the Cruel]]). Tello and Juana had no legitimate children. It is reported that Tello kept the news of her death secret in order to maintain possession of her dowry.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

Tello had many illegitimate children:{{citation needed|date=July 2017|reason=For every listed child}}
*Juan Tellez de Castilla, Señor de Aguilar de Campoo (1355-1385). He died at the [[Battle of Aljubarrota]]. From his marriage to [[Leonor Lasso de la Vega]] arose the Marquesses of [[Aguilar de Campoo]] [[Grandee of Spain|(Grandees of Spain)]].<ref>{{citation |first=González |last=Echegaray |year=2000 |pages=35–36}}</ref>
*Alfonso Tellez de Castilla, b. 1365
*Pedro Enríquez de Castilla, Señor de Camporredondo, b. 1370
*Fernando Tellez de Castilla
*Constanza Tellez de Castilla
*Leonor Tellez de Castilla
*Isabel Tellez de Castilla
*Juana Tellez de Castilla
*María Tellez de Castilla

==Ancestors==
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|1= ''' Tello, Lord of Aguilar de Campoo'''
|2= 2. [[Alfonso XI of Castile]]
|3= 3. [[Eleanor of Guzman]]

|4= 4. [[Ferdinand IV of Castile]]
|5= 5. [[Constance of Portugal]]
|6= 6. Pedro Núñez de Guzmán 
|7= 7. Beatriz Ponce de León

|8= 8. [[Sancho IV of Castile]] 
|9= 9. [[María de Molina]] 
|10= 10. [[Denis of Portugal]] 
|11= 11. [[Elizabeth of Aragon]] 
|12= 12. Álvaro Perez de Guzman
|13= 13. Maria Giron
|14= 14. Fernán Pérez Ponce de León, Lord Cangas and la Puebla
|15= 15. Urraca Gutiérrez de Meneses 
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==References==
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[[Category:1337 births]]
[[Category:1370 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Seville]]
[[Category:Lords in Spain]]
[[Category:Sons of kings]]

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