Louis of Portugal
Infant Ludwig of Portugal, Duke of Beja (born March 3, 1506 in Abrantes , † November 27, 1555 in Marvila ) was the second son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife Maria of Aragón (the third daughter of the Catholic monarch ). He took part in the conquest of Tunis.
biography
Ludwig succeeded his father as the fifth Duke of Beja and was also appointed the ninth constable of the kingdom (Portuguese: Condestável do Reino) and prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem with its Portuguese headquarters in the city of Crato .
Tunis campaign
During the Tunis campaign (1535), Louis, Charles V's brother-in-law, commanded the Portuguese army. Charles V asked Portugal for assistance from the Navy, making particular reference to the Portuguese galleon São João Baptista , also known as Botafogo . With 366 bronze cannons, she was the most powerful ship of the time. It was the botafogo ram that broke the chains of La Goletta which protected the port entrance of Tunis and allowed the Christian allied fleet to reach and conquer the city.
family
As a child he showed great intelligence and was taught philosophy, arithmetic, geometry and astronomy by Professor Pedro Nunes.
As a knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, he could not marry, but had an illegitimate son of Violante Gomes, a Pelicana , a New Christian . For a long time she was denigrated as Sephardim or Marrana , and as the daughter of Pedro Gomes from Évora , she came from a lower Portuguese nobility. She died on July 16, 1568 as a nun in Almoster, Santarém . Some historians suggest that they may have married in Évora, thereby legitimizing their interests for any purpose.
His son António von Crato was one of the heir apparent after the death of King Sebastian of Portugal in the devastating battle of Alcácer-Quibir and the subsequent Portuguese dynastic crisis. His illegitimate birth prevented him from taking the throne, despite ruling for 33 days in 1580.
They may also have other sons named Juan Gomez de Portugal (1536–1610) and Joanes Gomez de Portugal (born 1540). Juan became one of the founders of the Villa de Santa María de los Lagos, Nueva Galicia (later Lagos de Moreno ) in present-day Jalisco, Mexico on March 31, 1563 .
literature
- Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil. Volume I, pages 382/384. Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.
Web links
credentials
- ↑ Panorama, Volume 5, 1841 , p. 384.
- ↑ Portugal. Dicionário Histórico .
- ↑ For this reason, some historians count him among the Portuguese rulers.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Louis of Portugal |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Luigi d'Aviz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1506 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Abrantes |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 1555 |
| Place of death | Marvila |