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Isabella of Portugal ( Portuguese: Isabel de Portugal; 21 February 1397 – 17 December 1471) was Duchess of Burgundy from 1430 to 1467 as the third wife of Duke Philip the Good. Their son was Charles the Bold, the last Valois Duke of Burgundy.
Isabella of Portugal was the Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, the Duchess of Burgundy, and the Queen of Germany, Italy, Spain, Naples, and Sicily. This biography profiles her childhood, family, life history, death, etc.
- Isabella of Portugal Facts
- Background, Family
- Marriage, Children
- Isabella of Portugal Biography
- Marriage
- Children and Legacy
- Joan of Austria and Sebastian of Portugal
- Joan of Austria Biography
- 1554
- Convent of The Poor Clares
Known for: regent of Spain during long absences of her husband, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Titles: Empress, Holy Roman Empire; Queen of Germany, Spain, Naples, and Sicily; Duchess of Burgundy; princess (Infanta) of Portugal Dates:October 24, 1503 - May 1, 1539
Mother: Maria of Castile and Aragon 1. Maternal grandparents: Isabella Iof Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. 2. Maria was the second wife of Manuel I 3. Manuel's first wife, Isabella, Princess of Asturias, was Maria's sister, the eldest daughter of Isabella I and Ferdinand II 4. Manuel's third wife, Eleanor of Austria, was a niece of both Maria a...
Husband: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor(married March 11, 1526) 1. Charles was Isabella's first cousin 2. his father was Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy and Holy Roman Emperor 3. his mother was Joanna of Castile (known as Juana the Mad), a sister of Isabella's mother, Maria, both daughters of Isabella I and Ferdinand II 4. Isabella's brother, ...
Isabella was born the second of the children of Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife, Maria of Castile and Aragon. She was born in a year of sharp decline in her grandmother, Isabella I of Castile, who died the next year.
When her father died in 1521, her brother, John III of Portugal, negotiated a marriage with Catherine of Austria, sister of Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor. That marriage took place in 1525, by which time negotiations had arranged for Charles to marry Isabella. They were married on March 10, 1526, at the Alcázar, a Moorish palace. John III and Is...
During Charles' absences from Spain in 1529-1532 and 1535-1539, Isabella served as his regent. They had six children, of whom the first, third and fifth survived to adulthood. During one of Charles' absences, Isabella died after giving birth to her sixth child, a stillbirth. She was buried at Granada. Charles did not remarry, though that was the us...
This daughter of Isabella of Portugal was the mother of the ill-fated Sebastian of Portugal and ruled Spain as regent for her brother Philip II. Known for: Habsburg princess; regent of Spain for her brother, Philip II Title by marriage: Princess of Portugal Dates: June 24, 1535 - September 7, 1573 Also known as:Joan of Spain, Joanna, doña Juana, Do...
Joan was born in Madrid. Her father was King of Aragon and King of Castile, the first to rule the united Spain, as well as Holy Roman Emperor. Joan was therefore also an Infanta of Spain as well as an Archduchess of Austria, part of the powerful Habsburg family. Joan was married in 1552 to John Manuel, Infante of Portugal and expected heir to that ...
1554 was a momentous year. John Manuel had always been sickly, surviving four brothers who died before him. On January 2, when Joan was pregnant with her first child, John Manuel died, of consumption or diabetes. He was only 16 years old. On the 20th of that month, Joan gave birth to their son Sebastian. When his paternal grandfather John III died ...
In 1557, Joan founded a convent for the Poor Clares, Our Lady of Consolation. She also supported the Jesuits. Joan died in 1578, only 38 years old, and was buried at the convent she had founded, which became known as the Convent of Las Descalzas Reales.
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Isabella of Portugal (1397–1471)Duchess of Burgundy. Name variations: Isabel of Portugal. Born on February 21, 1397, in Evora; died on December 17, 1471 (some sources cite 1472 or 1473), in Nieppe; interred in Dijon; daughter of Joao I also known as John I of Aviz (1357–1433), king of Portugal (sometimes called the Bastard and the Great, r.
The Portrait of Isabella of Portugal is an oil-on-oak Early Netherlandish painting of Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, the third wife of Philip the Good. Executed around 1450, the painting had been attributed to Rogier van der Weyden, [1] but is now believed to be from a member of his workshop. [2]
Instead, in 1466, Margaret was betrothed to Peter, Constable of Portugal, whom the rebellious Catalans had invited to become their King. Peter was himself a nephew of Duchess Isabella of Burgundy, and the betrothal thus signified an attempt to placate Burgundy.
Isabella of Portugal (Isabel in Portuguese and Spanish) (1428 – 15 August 1496) was Queen of Castile and León as the second wife of King John II. She was the mother of Queen Isabella I of Castile .
