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Torre de Don Fadrique seen from Torre de los Perdigones in Seville, Andaluzia - Spain
According to popular legend it was built about 1255 by the infante Frederick, brother of King Alfonso X, as a love-nest for his mistress, La Doña Juana, who was also his stepmother, the second wife of the previous king, Ferdinand III. Frederick was executed by his brother, either for the offence against public decency, or, more likely, for treason against the crown.
Either way Frederick’s land around the tower was confiscated, and in 1289 was used for the founding of a Franciscan convent.
Torre de Don Fadrique seen from Torre de los Perdigones in Seville, Andaluzia - Spain
According to popular legend it was built about 1255 by the infante Frederick, brother of King Alfonso X, as a love-nest for his mistress, La Doña Juana, who was also his stepmother, the second wife of the previous king, Ferdinand III. Frederick was executed by his brother, either for the offence against public decency, or, more likely, for treason against the crown.
Either way Frederick’s land around the tower was confiscated, and in 1289 was used for the founding of a Franciscan convent.