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Denis of Portugal
Lord of Villar-Dompardo
Lord of Cifuentes, Escalona y Alvar de Tormes
Born1353
Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
Diedc. 1403
Crown of Castile
BuriedSanta María de Guadalupe Monastery
FamilyPortuguese House of Burgundy
SpouseJoan of Castile, Lady of Cifuentes
Issue
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FatherPeter I
MotherInês de Castro

Denis of Portugal (Portuguese: 'Dinis' or 'Diniz' [diˈniʃ]), occasionally surnamed Castro (1353 – c. 1403), was an infante of Portugal. He was the son of Portuguese King Peter I and a Galician noblewoman named Inês de Castro who had arrived in Portugal as a maid of princess Constance of Castile, recently married to Pedro I (Heir Prince at the time). Peter and Inês were not married at the time of Denis birth but Peter had him and his siblings legitimized once he became king.

History

Considering Denis an Infante of Portugal is a debatable subject. Some historians consider him a natural son of Peter I, so the title Infante of Portugal could never be attributed to him. Other opinions refer that after the death of Inês de Castro, ordered by Pedro's father King Afonso IV of Portugal, the Prince after inheriting the throne admitted that he had married Inês secretly, and because of that she was a lawful Queen of Portugal.

After the death of his mother Denis left Portugal to Castile with his brother but during the 1383–85 Crisis he was one of the claimants to the throne along with Beatrice of Portugal (his niece), John, Master of Aviz (his half-brother) and John (his brother). Although he managed to be acclaimed King in the city of Santarém his connections with Castile eventually lost him the throne and at the time of the Battle of Aljubarrota he was already out of the country like his brother John.

Family

He married in 1372 Joan of Castile, 2nd? Lady of Cifuentes, born c. 1360, illegitimate daughter of Henry II of Castile by Juana, 1st? Lady of Cifuentes, born c. 1340, by whom he had:

  • Pedro de Portugal, called «de Colmenarejo», married to María de Toledo, daughter of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo el Viejo, 1st Lord of Higares and Teresa Vázquez de Ayala, 3rd Lady of Pinto;
  • Beatriz de Portugal (died 1470), unmarried and without issue.

Illegitimate children:

  • Fernando de Portugal, Comendador of Oreja, married to María de Torres, daughter of Fernán Ruiz de Torres and Inés de Solier;
  • Juan de Portugal;
  • Beatriz de Portugal, nun;
  • Inés de Portugal, nun.

He died in about 1403.

Ancestry

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Ancestors of Denis, Lord of Cifuentes
8. Denis I of Portugal
4. Afonso IV of Portugal
9. Elizabeth of Aragon
2. Peter I of Portugal
10. Sancho IV of Castile
5. Beatrice of Castile
11. María de Molina
1. Denis, Infante of Portugal
12. Fernando Rodríguez de Castro
6. Pedro Fernández de Castro
13. Violante Sánchez de Castilla
3. Inês de Castro
14. Lourenço Soares de Valadares
7. Aldonça Lourenço de Valadares
15. Sancha Nunes de Chacim

Citations

  1. Rodrigues Oliveira 2010, p. 262.
  2. Fernandes 2006, p. 268 fn. 30.
  3. Olivera Serrano 2005, p. 291, n. 250.
  4. Caviró Martínez 2018, pp. 363–364.
  5. Caviró Martínez 2018, pp. 357.
  6. ^ Olivera Serrano 2005, p. 130.
  7. ^ Molina Martínez 1983, p. 38.
  8. Olivera Serrano 2005, p. 291, n. 251.
  9. ^ Olivera Serrano 2005, p. 291.

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Henry, Count of Portugal
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  • Urraca Henriques, wife of Bermudo Pérez de Traba
  • Sancha Henriques, Lady of Braganza
  • Teresa Henriques
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  • Sancho had no children; he was deposed in 1247 and died the following year.
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  • Constance, Queen of Castile
  • Afonso IV
  • Infante Afonso, Lord of Leiria
  • Infanta Maria, Lady of Meneses and Orduña
  • Infanta Isabel, Lady of Penela
  • Infanta Constança
  • Infanta Beatriz, Lady of Lemos
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the descendants of King Peter I and Inês de Castro's children were recognized as legitimate and were Infantes and Infantas
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  • Maria Domingas José de Mendonça (1909-1928)
  • Constança Maria da Conceição Berquó de Mendoça (1928-1965)
  • Alberto Nuno Carlos Rita Folque de Mendoça (1965-2003)
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