Juana Núñez de Lara

Juana Núñez de Lara, called la Palomilla (1286–1351), was the daughter of Juan Núñez de Lara the Fat and Teresa Díaz de Haro, heiress of Biscay. Her first husband, Infante Henry of Castile, a son of Ferdinand III, died in 1304 without children and left her a young widow. She then married Fernando de la Cerda, a grandson of Alfonso X; he died in 1322.

Their children included Juan Núñez III de Lara; Blanche, who married the prince and writer Juan Manuel; and María, wife of Charles II of Alençon. Juana died at Palencia in 1351.