Portuguese royalty
House of Avis
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| John I |
| Children |
| Infante Duarte (future Edward I) |
| Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra |
| Henry the Navigator (Infante Henrique, Duke of Viseu) |
| Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy |
| Infante João, Lord of Reguengos |
| Infante Fernando, the Saint Prince |
| Afonso, Duke of Braganza (illegitimate) |
| Beatriz, Countess of Arundel (illegitimate) |
| Grandchildren include |
| Infanta Isabel of Coimbra, Queen of Portugal |
| Edward |
| Children |
| Afonso, Prince of Portugal (future Afonso V) |
| Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu |
| Infanta Leonor, Holy Roman Empress |
| Infanta Catarina |
| Infanta Joana, Queen of Castile |
| Grandchildren include |
| Infante Manuel, Duke of Beja (future Manuel I) |
| Infanta Leonor of Viseu, Queen of Portugal |
| Great-Grandchildren include |
| Jaime, Duke of Braganza, Prince of Portugal |
| Afonso V |
| Children include |
| João, Prince of Portugal |
| Blessed Joana, Princess of Portugal |
| João, Prince of Portugal (future John II) |
| John II |
| Afonso, Prince of Portugal |
| Jorge, Duke of Coimbra (illegitimate) |
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The Infanta Joana (20 March 1439–1475; pron. IPA: [ʒu'ɐnɐ]; English: Joan, ) was a Portuguese infanta daughter of King Edward of Portugal and his wife Eleanor of Aragon. She was born in the Quinta do Monte Olivete, Almada on March 20, 1439, six months after the death of her father.
Marriage
In 1455 she married Henry IV of Castile and six years later had a daughter also named Juana (or Joan), called La Beltraneja because of rumours that she was in fact daughter of Don Beltrán de la Cueva. Henry sent Joan to live in Coca at the castle of Henry's supporter, bishop Fonseca. She fell in love with Bishop Fonseca's nephew and had two male children by him: Andres Apostol and Pedro Apostol. Henry declared their marriage had never been legal. Joan provoked much criticism as she allegedly wore dresses that displayed much too much décolletage, and her behaviour was considered scandalous. Joan has been credited with many lovers, including the poet Juan Rodríguez de la Cámara.[1][2] Juana had two illegitimate children with Pedro de Castilla y Fonseca "el mozo", great granson of Pedro I "the cruel" of Castille. Her two male children were: Pedro de Castilla y Portugal and Andres Apostol de Castilla y Portugal. She later entered the convent of San Francisco in Segovia. She died in Madrid on June 13, 1475.
References
- ^ James Fitzmaurice-Kelly, Chapters on Spanish Literature (A. Constable and Company, ltd., 1908), 74.
- ^ James Fitzmaurice-Kelly, A History of Spanish Literature (D. Appleton and Company, 1898), 97.
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