Isabella of Urgell, Duchess of Coimbra

Isabella of Urgell
Isabella of Urgell
Duchess of Coimbra; Dame of Montemor
	Tomb of Peter and Isabella in Batalha Monastery (far right)
Born	12 March 1409; Balaguer, Catalonia, Aragon
Died	17 September 1459 (aged 50); Coimbra, Portugal
Burial	Batalha Monastery
Spouse	Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra (m. 1428; died 1449)
Issue	Peter, Constable of Portugal; John, Prince of Antioch; Isabella, Queen of Portugal; James of Coimbra; Beatrice of Coimbra; Philippa of Coimbra;
Isabella of Aragon

Isabella of Urgell, Duchess of Coimbra (Spanish: Isabel) (12 March 1409 – 17 September 1459) was a

Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra

.

Family

Isabella was born on 12 March 1409, the eldest daughter of

Isabella of Aragon

. Isabella was one of five children.

The county of Urgell was dissolved in 1413, following her father's revolt against the new King

agnate

to the Royal House of Barcelona.

Marriage

On 12 September 1428 at

Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra (9 December 1392 – 20 May 1449 at the Battle of Alfarrobeira), a younger son of John I of Portugal. During her husband's regency for his nephew, Afonso V of Portugal

, the marriage of the couple's daughter Isabella to the King was arranged.

Issue

Peter V of Aragon

.

Charlotte of Cyprus

(28 June 1444 – 16 July 1487), as her first husband.

Isabella of Coimbra (1 March 1432, Coimbra, Portugal – 2 December 1455). Married her cousin, King Afonso V of Portugal on 6 May 1447, as his first wife. They had three children, including King John II of Portugal
.

James of Coimbra, Cardinal and Archbishop-elect of Lisbon (17 September 1433, Coimbra, Portugal – 27 August 1459, Florence
, Italy).

Beatrice of Coimbra (21 November 1435, Coimbra, Portugal – 22 February 1462, Bruges). Married 13 May 1453 Adolph of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein (28 June 1425 – 18 September 1492), as his first wife. Her death was attributed to poisoning.^{[citation needed]}
Philippa of Coimbra (1 June 1437, Coimbra, Portugal – 25 July 1493, Odivelas). She was a nun at the Convent of Odivelas.
Catherine (circa 1448 – between 1462 and 1466).

Widowhood and death

Isabella of Coimbra

, eldest daughter of Isabella of Urgell, whose efforts were critical for the rehabilitation of the family.

Peter of Coimbra was regent of Portugal from 1439, and engineered the marriage of his young charge,

Afonso, Marquis of Valença reportedly tried to deprive the widowed duchess of her residence, which only the queen's renewed pleading prodded Afonso V to intercede on her behalf.^[1]

Isabella of Coimbra availed of the king's good mood after the birth of their son, the royal heir John (future king John II of Portugal), in May 1455, to engineer a complete and final rehabilitation of the rest of her family. Peter of Coimbra's remains were allowed to be re-buried at the Aviz dynasty necropolis at Batalha Monastery and the dowager-duchess Isabella of Urgell was granted a royal pension for the remainder of her years.^[1]

Isabella of Urgell died on 17 September 1459, at the

monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra.^[1] Her remains were translated to Batalha, into the tomb of her rehabilitated husband.^[2]

Her father had died while imprisoned at Xàtiva in 1433.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Isabella of Urgell, Duchess of Coimbra^[3]^{: (except where noted)}

8. James I, Count of Urgell

4. Peter II, Count of Urgell

9. Cécile of Comminges

6. James II, Count of Urgell

10. John II, Marquis of Montferrat

5. Margaret of Montferrat

11. Isabella of Majorca

1. Isabella of Urgell

12. Alfonso IV of Aragon

6. Peter IV of Aragon

13. Teresa d'Entença

3. Isabella of Aragon

14. Berenguer de Fortià^{[citation needed]}

7. Sibila de Fortià

15. Francesca de Vilamarí^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d J. de Figueiredo (1910) O Pintor Nuno Gonçalves. Lisbon: Tip. Annuario Commercial, pp.50-53
^ There seems to be some confusion as to whether they were actually translated to Batalha, as there is also a tomb to her at Santa Cruz as well. Her remains may have been paritioned. See A.R. Vasconcelos Evolução do culto de Dona Isabel de Aragão (1894: p.237)
^ de Sousa, Antonio Caetano (1735). Historia genealogica da casa real portugueza (in Portuguese). Vol. 2. Lisboa Occidental. p. 101.

[figuiredo-1] J. de Figueiredo (1910) O Pintor Nuno Gonçalves. Lisbon: Tip. Annuario Commercial, pp.50-53

[2] There seems to be some confusion as to whether they were actually translated to Batalha, as there is also a tomb to her at Santa Cruz as well. Her remains may have been paritioned. See A.R. Vasconcelos Evolução do culto de Dona Isabel de Aragão (1894: p.237)

[3] Sousa, Antonio Caetano (1735). Historia genealogica da casa real portugueza (in Portuguese). Vol. 2. Lisboa Occidental. p. 101.

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