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Inês is the Portuguese form of Agnes, derived from the ancient Greek name Hagnē, from the adjective hagnos meaning pure or chaste. The name became widely used in the Iberian Peninsula through the veneration of Saint Agnes of Rome, a early Christian martyr. Inês de Castro, a fourteenth-century Galician noblewoman whose tragic love story with the Portuguese crown prince Pedro became one of the most celebrated tales in Iberian literature, helped fix the name in Portuguese cultural memory. Related forms include the Spanish Inés, the Italian Agnese, and the English Agnes.