Isabel of Barcelos

Isabel
Lady of Reguengos de Monsaraz, Colares and Belas
Isabel in a 1534 miniature in the Genealogy of D. Manuel Pereira, 3rd Count of Feira
Born	October 1402 Barcelos
Died	26 October 1466 Arévalo
Burial	Batalha Monastery
Spouse	John, Constable of Portugal
House	House of Braganza
Father	Afonso I, Duke of Braganza
Mother	Beatriz Pereira de Alvim
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Isabel of Barcelos (October 1402 – 26 October 1466), also known as Isabel of Braganza (her father was originally the Count of Barcelos before becoming Duke of Braganza). She was the daughter of Afonso I, Duke of Braganza and Beatriz Pereira de Alvim, she married Infante John, Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz, her half-uncle, son of John I of Portugal.

Issue

Isabel and Infante John had four children:

• Infante Diogo of Portugal (1425–1433) – 4th Constable of Portugal and 11th Master of the Order of St. James;
• Infanta Isabella of Portugal (1428–1496), married John II of Castile, mother of Isabella I of Spain
• Infanta Beatrice of Portugal (1430–1506), married Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, mother of Manuel I of Portugal
• Infanta Phillipa of Portugal (1432–1444), Lady of Almada

Isabel died in the town of Arévalo on 26 October 1466 at the age of sixty-four. She was buried in the Batalha Monastery alongside her husband.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Isabel of Barcelos

16. Afonso IV of Portugal               8. Peter I of Portugal                       17. Beatrice of Castile               4. John I of Portugal                             18. Lourenço Martins               9. Teresa Lourenço                       19. Sancha Martins               2. Afonso I, Duke of Braganza                                   20. Estevão Peres               10. Pero Esteves, o Barbadão                       21. Leonor Anes               5. Inês Pires                             22. Joane Anes Marceiro               11. Maria Anes                       23. Constança Garcês               1. Isabel of Barcelos                                         24. Gonçalo Pereira, 97th Archbishop of Braga               12. Álvaro Gonçalves Pereira, Prior of Crato                       25. Teresa Peres Vilarinho               6. Nuno Álvares Pereira                             26. Pedro Gonçalves do Carvalhal               13. Iria Gonçalves do Carvalhal                       27. Aldonça Rodrigues da Silva               3. Beatriz Pereira de Alvim                                   28. Martim Pires de Alvim               14. João Pires de Alvim                       29. Margarida Pires Ribeiro               7. Leonor de Alvim                             30. Estevão Coelho               15. Branca Pires Coelho                       31. Maria Mendes Petite

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