John of Coimbra

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John of Coimbra in the register of arms and statutes of the Order of the Golden Fleece (The Hague, KB, 76 E 10, fol. 66v)

John of Coimbra (Infante D. João de Coimbra, * probably 1431 ; † October 7, 1457 ) was the second son of the Infante Peter / Pedro (1392-1449), 1st Duke of Coimbra and since 1443 regent of Portugal and of Isabella of Aragon, Countess of Urgell (1409–1443).

Life

John of Coimbra took part in the Battle of Alfarrobeira (May 20, 1449), in which his rebellious father was defeated by the royal army and fell. Johann became the 2nd Duke of Coimbra.

Johann was caught, imprisoned and was about to be executed. Due to the intervention of his aunt Isabella , the wife of Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy, he was together with his brother Jacob / Jaime (1434-1459), the later (1453) Archbishop of Lisbon and (1456) cardinal deacon , and his sister Beatrice / Brites († 1462), later wife of Adolf von Kleve (1425–1492), released into exile in Burgundy.

In 1456 Johann was accepted into the order of the Golden Fleece . In the same year he married Charlotte de Lusignan (1442–1487), the heir to King John II and Helena Palaiologa (1428–1458) in Nicosia . In this context he received the title of Prince of Antioch and became regent of Cyprus. The following year he was poisoned on the instructions of his mother-in-law. Charlotte was the heiress of John II Queen of Cyprus from 1458 to 1462.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Infante John of Coimbra, Prince of Antioch

After his marriage, Johann carried a unique coat of arms that showed (I) the Kingdom of Jerusalem, (II) the Portuguese-English ancestors of his father, (III) the Kingdom of Armenia, (IV) the Kingdom of Cyprus and the Lusignan coat of arms in the center.

literature

  • Raphael de Smedt (ed.): Les chevaliers de l'ordre de la Toison d'or au XVe siècle. Notices bio-bibliographiques. (Kieler Werkstücke, D 3) Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt 2000, ISBN 3-631-36017-7 , pp. 135f., No. 56.
  • Detlev Schwennicke : European Family Tables Volume II (1984), Plate 40.
  • Nobreza de Portugal e Brasil, Volume I, p. 270/1. Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.

Web links

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Remarks

  1. ↑ His older brother Pedro de Coimbra (1429–1466) had been Condestável of Portugal since 1443 and went into exile in his mother's homeland after the battle.
personal data
SURNAME John of Coimbra
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Joao de Portugal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Coimbra
DATE OF BIRTH around 1431
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1457