Joan of Portugal

Joan of Portugal
Queen Joan in Genealogia dos Reis de Portugal (António de Holanda; 1530–1534)
Queen consort of Castile and León
Tenure21 May 1455 – 11 December 1474
Born31 March 1439
Mount Olivete Villa, Almada, Portugal
Died13 June 1475(1475-06-13) (aged 36)
Madrid, Castile
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1455; ann. 1468)
Issue
HouseAviz
FatherEdward, King of Portugal
MotherEleanor of Aragon

Joan of Portugal (Portuguese: Joana [ʒuˈɐnɐ]; 31 March 1439[1] – June 13, 1475)[2] was the Queen of Castile as the second wife of King Henry IV of Castile. The posthumous daughter of King Edward of Portugal and Eleanor of Aragon, she was born in the Quinta do Monte Olivete Villa, Almada.

  1. ^ Historia de Portugal - Website: - with source: Joel Serrão (dir.) Pequeno Dicionário de História de Portugal, Lisboa, Iniciativas Editoriais, 1976 - AND - Joaquim Veríssimo Serrão, História de Portugal, Volume II: Formação do Estado Moderno (1415-1495), 2.ª ed., Lisboa, Verbo, 1979
  2. ^ Historia de Portugal - Website: http://www.arqnet.pt/portal/portugal/temashistoria/duarte.html - with source: Joel Serrão (dir.) Pequeno Dicionário de História de Portugal, Lisboa, Iniciativas Editoriais, 1976 - AND - Joaquim Veríssimo Serrão, História de Portugal, Volume II: Formação do Estado Moderno (1415-1495), 2.ª ed., Lisboa, Verbo, 1979