Joan of Portugal
| Joan of Portugal | |
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Basilica of San Francisco el Grande, Madrid | |
| Spouse | |
| Issue |
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| House | Aviz |
| Father | Edward, King of Portugal |
| Mother | Eleanor of Aragon |
Joan of Portugal (
Queen of Castile
On 21 May 1455 in
Henry banished Joan from the royal court and she went to live in Coca at the castle of Henry's supporter, Bishop Fonseca. She soon fell in love with Bishop Fonseca's nephew; they embarked on a sexual affair, which resulted in Joan bearing her lover two illegitimate sons. Henry subsequently declared their marriage had never been legal and thus divorced her in 1468.
At the death of her former husband in 1474, Joan championed her daughter's right to succeed to the throne, but she died shortly thereafter. This led to the outbreak of the War of the Castilian Succession (1475–1479).
Scandals and illegitimate children
Prior to her banishment, Joan had provoked much criticism in the Castilian court as she allegedly wore dresses that displayed too much
She later entered the convent of San Francisco in Segovia.
Joan died in Madrid on June 13, 1475 at the age of 36. She was buried in the convent of San Francisco.
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Coat of arms as queen consort -
Coat of arms as queen dowager
Ancestry
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References
- ^ Historia de Portugal - Website: - with source: Joel Serrão (dir.) Pequeno Dicionário de História de Portugal, Lisboa, Iniciativas Editoriais, 1976 - AND - Joaquim Veríssimo Serrão, História de Portugal, Volume II: Formação do Estado Moderno (1415-1495), 2.ª ed., Lisboa, Verbo, 1979
- ^ Historia de Portugal - Website: http://www.arqnet.pt/portal/portugal/temashistoria/duarte.html - with source: Joel Serrão (dir.) Pequeno Dicionário de História de Portugal, Lisboa, Iniciativas Editoriais, 1976 - AND - Joaquim Veríssimo Serrão, História de Portugal, Volume II: Formação do Estado Moderno (1415-1495), 2.ª ed., Lisboa, Verbo, 1979
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Stephens, Henry Morse (1903). The Story of Portugal. G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 139. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f de Sousa, Antonio Caetano (1735). Historia genealogica da casa real portugueza [Genealogical History of the Royal House of Portugal] (in Portuguese). Vol. 2. Lisboa Occidental. p. 497.
- ^ a b John I, King of Portugal at the Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ a b Armitage-Smith, Sydney (1905). John of Gaunt: King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Lincoln, and Leicester, Seneschal of England. Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 21. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
