Isabel of Coimbra

Isabel of Coimbra
Isabel of Coimbra
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Queen consort of Portugal
Tenure	6 May 1447 – 2 December 1455
Born	1 March 1432
Died	2 December 1455 (aged 23); Évora
Burial	Batalha Monastery
Spouse	Afonso V of Portugal
Issue	John, Prince of Portugal; Joan, Princess of Portugal; John II of Portugal;
House	Aviz
Father	Peter, Duke of Coimbra
Mother	Isabella of Urgell
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Infanta Isabel of Coimbra (Isabella of Portugal) (1 March 1432 – 2 December 1455) was a Portuguese infanta and a queen consort of Portugal as the first spouse of King Afonso V of Portugal.

Life

Isabella was a daughter of the Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra, and Isabella of Aragon, Countess of Urgel. Her paternal grandfather was King John I of Portugal and her maternal grandfather was James II, Count of Urgel.

Isabella's father was the regent for her cousin Afonso V during his minority. Reportedly, Isabella and Afonso fell in love with each other. They were engaged in 1445, which caused a conflict between Peter of Coimbra and Duke Afonso of Braganza, who had wished for the monarch to marry his grandchild. Isabella was given the income of Santarém, Alvaiázere, Sintra and Torres Vedras at her wedding.

Marriage and issue

Isabella and Afonso V were married on 6 May 1447. Both the bride and groom were fifteen. They had three children:

John, Prince of Portugal (29 January 1451)
Joan, Princess of Portugal (6 February 1452 – 12 May 1490): Known as Saint Joan of Portugal or Saint Joan Princess. Beatified in 1693 by Pope Innocent XII.
John II of Portugal (3 March 1455 – 25 October 1495): Succeeded his father as 13th King of Portugal.

Late life

In 1448, the king took Afonso of Braganza as his advisor. Isabella's father died (suspected to have been killed), and her brother John was exiled. Isabella herself did not fall out of favour with the king, however, and she took control of the duchy of Coimbra until her brother returned to Portugal in 1454. In 1455, Isabella had her father honoured with a grand ceremony of exoneration at court and had him re-buried in a grand way. Shortly after this, she died at age twenty-three, possibly from poisoning.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Isabel of Coimbra

16. Afonso IV of Portugal

8. Pedro I of Portugal

17. Beatrice of Castile

4. John I of Portugal

18. Lourenço Martins

9. Teresa Lourenço

19. Sancha Martins

2. Peter, Duke of Coimbra

20. Edward III of England

10. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster

21. Philippa of Hainault

5. Philippa of Lancaster

22. Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster

11. Blanche of Lancaster

23. Isabel of Beaumont

1. Isabel of Coimbra

24. James I, Count of Urgell

12. Peter II, Count of Urgell

25. Cécile of Comminges

6. James II, Count of Urgell

26. John II Palaiologos, Marquis of Montferrat

13. Margaret Palaiologina

27. Isabella of Majorca

3. Isabella of Urgell

28. Alfonso IV of Aragon

14. Peter IV of Aragon

29. Teresa d'Entença

7. Isabella of Aragon

30. Berenguer of Fortià

15. Sibila of Fortià

31. Francesca of Palau

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External links

Genealogical Information on Isabel of Coimbra (in Portuguese)

Isabel of Coimbra House of Aviz Cadet branch of the House of Burgundy Born: 1 March 1432 Died: 2 December 1455
Vacant Title last held by Eleanor of Aragon	Queen consort of Portugal and the Algarves 6 May 1447 – 2 December 1455	Vacant Title next held by Joanna la Beltraneja

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