Peter of Coimbra

Peter V of Aragon

Peter of Coimbra , in Portuguese Dom Pedro de Coimbra, Condestável de Portugal , in Catalan Pere el Conestable de Portugal (* 1429 - June 30, 1466 in Granollers , province of Barcelona ) was a Portuguese politician , military and writer .

He was the eldest son of the Infante Peter of Portugal , the first Duke of Coimbra , from the house of Avis and his wife Isabella von Urgell, daughter of the Duke of Urgell .

After the death of King Edward of Portugal, Peter's grandfather, Peter's father Peter of Portugal made himself the guardian of King Alfonso V.

After the death of his uncle, the Infante John of Portugal , Peter was appointed Condestável of Portugal at the instigation of his father in 1443. In what was then Portugal, the Condestável was the commander-in-chief of the royal armed forces in the absence of the king. It was the highest military post in Portugal.

In 1444 Peter became Grand Master of the Order of Avis .

When Peter of Portugal did not want to give up the guardianship of Alfonso V even after he was of legal age, fighting broke out between Alfonso V and Peter of Portugal. Alfonso was victorious in the battle of Alfarrobeira in 1449. Peter of Portugal was killed in the battle. With other followers of his father, Peter of Coimbra went into exile in Castile where he lived until 1457. During this time of his life he devoted himself to literature and learned Castilian. He then reconciled with his cousin and brother-in-law King Alfons, who appointed him one of the royal councilors. In 1458 he took part at the king's side in the conquest of Alcácer-Ceguer (now Ksar es-Seghir ) and took part in other battles in Morocco .

After Henry IV of Castile had renounced his claims to the government of the lands of the Crown of Aragon, a delegation of the city government of Barcelona (Consell de Cent) offered Peter the rule in 1463. He accepted the offer and justified his claims by saying that he was a great-grandson of the Aragonese king Peter IV . As King Peter V of Aragon and Count of Barcelona, he landed with a small crowd of supporters in Catalonia in January 1464 . The commander-in-chief of his followers and his personal confidante was the Avis knight Diogo de Azambuja , who later became famous as a seafarer on the African coast. Not supported by the Portuguese king in his endeavors, it was mainly the Knights of the Order of Avis who secured Peter's intervention in Catalonia, where he became known under the name of Peter, the Condestável of Portugal. On February 28, 1465, he and his followers were defeated at the Battle of Calaf. This battle, also known as the Battle of Prats de Rei, was the first battle that the future King Ferdinand II commanded when he was not even 13 years old.

At the beginning of 1466 Peter wooed Margaret of York , the sister of King Edward IV of England . However, he died of tuberculosis on June 30, 1466 in the Catalan city of Granollers . His tomb is in the Santa María del Mar Church in Barcelona.

As his executor , Diogo de Azambuja administered his estate.

literature

Santiago Sobrequés i Vidal: Catalunya al sail XV. Editorial Base, Barcelona 2011, ISBN 978-84-15267-01-0

Individual evidence

↑ Ana-María Montero-Pedrera: ¿Durmiendo con el enemigo? - La reina Isabel de Portugal en la obra literaria de su hermano Don Pedro, condestable de Portugal. ficción e historia . In: Erebea: Revista de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales . No. 4 , 2014, p. 173–198 (Spanish, unirioja.es [accessed February 20, 2016]).
^ ^A ^b Juan-Eduardo Cirlot: La espada de la Catedral de Barcelona . In: Gladius, III (1964), pp. 5-11 . No. 3 , 1964, pp. 6 (Spanish, csic.es [accessed January 20, 2016]).
↑ Jaime Vicens Vives: Historia crítica de la vida y reinado de Fernando II de Aragón . Ed .: IFC-Cortes de Aragón (= Colección Historiadores de Aragón . No. 3 ). Institución "Fernando el Católico", Zaragoza 2006, ISBN 84-7820-882-8 , p. 150 ff . (Spanish, dpz.es [PDF; accessed on February 8, 2016]).

personal data
SURNAME	Peter of Coimbra
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Peter, the Condestável of Portugal; Peter of Aragon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Portuguese politician, military man and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	1429
DATE OF DEATH	June 30, 1466
Place of death	Granollers , Province of Barcelona

[1] Ana-María Montero-Pedrera: ¿Durmiendo con el enemigo? - La reina Isabel de Portugal en la obra literaria de su hermano Don Pedro, condestable de Portugal. ficción e historia . In: Erebea: Revista de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales . No. 4 , 2014, p. 173–198 (Spanish, unirioja.es [accessed February 20, 2016]).

[S.6-2] A ^b Juan-Eduardo Cirlot: La espada de la Catedral de Barcelona . In: Gladius, III (1964), pp. 5-11 . No. 3 , 1964, pp. 6 (Spanish, csic.es [accessed January 20, 2016]).

[3] Jaime Vicens Vives: Historia crítica de la vida y reinado de Fernando II de Aragón . Ed .: IFC-Cortes de Aragón (= Colección Historiadores de Aragón . No. 3 ). Institución "Fernando el Católico", Zaragoza 2006, ISBN 84-7820-882-8 , p. 150 ff . (Spanish, dpz.es [PDF; accessed on February 8, 2016]).