0n 9 october 1390, eleanor's brother john died and was succeeded by his minor son henry. charles then again requested eleanor's return to navarre however, she refused. eleanor opposed her nephew's accession and she formed the league of lillo along with her illegitimate half-brother fadrique and her cousin pedro. king henry opposed the league, he besieged eleanor in her castle at roa around mid-1394 and obliged her to return to her husband in february 1395.