Beatrice of Portugal
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Beatrice was the only surviving legitimate child of King Ferdinand I of Portugal and his wife, Leonor Teles. She became Queen consort of Castile by marriage to King John I of Castile. Following her fa
Effigy of Queen Beatrice, Monastery of Sancti Spiritus in Toro, Zamora, Spain.
An interregnum and a war of succession began in the Kingdom of Portugal in 1383 when King Ferdinand I died leaving no sons and ended when King John I was crowned in 1385 after his victory during the B
Beatrice of Portugal
…the regency in her name. Opposition to the regency, fear of the Castilian domination and loss of Portuguese independence led to a popular rebellion and civil war between the late King Ferdinand I's illegitimate brother, John of Aviz, who wrested control of the regency from the dowager queen, and the supporters…
The Battle of Aljubarrota by Jean de Wavrin
The Siege of Lisbon in the Chronicles of Jean Froissart