After the marriage took place in secret, even though the annulment was made public, the king realized that he was still bound by the promise which he had made to King Enrique in respect of marrying his daughter and had to disengage himself from it. At that time, the King of Castile was in Toro, where he was holding Cortes with a view to lowering the values of coins which he had previously set very high because of the war and the payment of wages, which was ruinous to the country, and also in order to command the Jews and Moors of his kingdom to wear emblems whereby they would be recognized as such. There then arrived messengers from King Fernando. Through them, he asked King Enrique not to take amiss the fact that he was unable now to marry his daughter, because he was married to a Portuguese lady by the name of Dona Leonor Teles de Meneses. In spite of this, however, it was his wish to continue to be his ally and give orders to restore to him the towns and villages which he held in Castile, as had been arranged in their treaty.

King Enrique was angered and greatly distressed at this news, because King Fernando had abandoned the marriage to his daughter, which had been negotiated between them, and had married such a woman, to the great detriment of his honour and good standing. Even though, because of this breach of the treaty, he could have reacted to it by resorting to a just war or by other means, nevertheless he was so anxious to maintain peace and stability that he gave way on this matter, in order that King Fernando should remain his ally and give back to him the towns and villages which had declared for him.

His answer to the messengers was that, since King Fernando was disinclined to marry his daughter, he would not make an issue out of it, for she could not fail to achieve an equally noble marriage elsewhere, and he urged him to stand by all the other items which were contained in their treaty. Having received this reply, the messengers took their leave of him and returned to Portugal.