 The tryst ended in 1355 when Pedro's father, King Alonso IV, who suspected Inês and her family to have designs for his throne orders his henchmen to stab her to death.But unbeknownst to the king, when Pedro's wife died from childbirth, he secretly married Inês, who by law, was the Queen of Portugal.After his father's death, Pedro became King of Portugal in 1357, and ordered the men responsible for his beloved's murder to be killed.