Eufrasia de Guzmán

{{Short description|Spanish courtier}}{{Infobox royalty

| name = Eufrasia de Guzmán

| title = Princess of Ascoli

| birth_name = Eufrasia Guzmán

| birth_date = 16th century

| birth_place = Madrid

| death_date = {{death date|1604|08|07}}

| death_place = Madrid, Crown of Castile

| consort =

| spouse = Luis de Leiva, III príncipe de Áscoli

| father = Gonzalo Franco de Guzmán

| mother = Marina Porres

| occupation = Lady-in-waiting

| spouse 2 =

}}

Eufrasia de Guzmán (fl. 1592) was a Spanish courtier. She was the long-term royal mistress of King Philip II of Spain.{{Cite web | url=http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/14959/eufrasia-de-guzman | title=Eufrasia de Guzmán | Real Academia de la Historia }}

She was the lady-in-waiting of Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal from 1550. She was the mistress of Philip in 1559–1564, when the king waited for his wife Elizabeth of Valois to be old enough to sexually consummate their marriage.

She had a son with Philip in 1564, after which Philip arranged a marriage for her and terminated the relationship.

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Category:16th-century Spanish people

Category:Mistresses of Spanish royalty

Category:Spanish ladies-in-waiting

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