Philippa of Lancaster
Philippa of Lancaster LG ( Portuguese Filipa de Lencastre ; born March 31, 1360 in Leicester Castle , † July 19, 1415 in Sacavém ) was Princess of England and Queen of Portugal . As the daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, she comes from the house of Anjou-Plantagenet ( House of Lancaster ). She was a sister of King Henry IV of England and half-sister of Catharine of Lancaster , Queen of Castile and wife of King Henry III. of Castile.
Her name suggests that she was probably a godchild of the English Queen Philippa of Hainaut . At birth, Philippa's mother Blanche was presumably accompanied by a midwife who was described by her father in a letter as "Ilote the wise woman" and in the ducal register as "our well-beloved Elyot the midwife of Leycestre" . After the death of her mother, when Philippa was only eight years old, she was first looked after by Alyne Gerberge, the wife of a ducal squire. Catherine Swynford is later named as tutor for her and her younger sister Elizabeth, who has been shown to have held this post in July 1376 and still in 1380/81.
In February 1387 she married John I of Portugal and thus became Queen of Portugal (as a wife, not as regent in her own right). The marriage was arranged mainly for political reasons by her father, the year before the Treaty of Windsor received Anglo-Portuguese alliance against that of France supported Castile to seal final.
Philippa and Johann had nine children:
- Blanca (born July 13, 1388; † 1389)
- Alfons (* July 30, 1390; † November 22, 1400)
- Eduard (October 31, 1391 - September 9, 1438), King of Portugal from 1433 to 1438
- Peter (December 9, 1392 - May 20, 1449), Duke of Coimbra , Portuguese Prince Regent from 1439 to 1449
- Henry the Navigator (March 4, 1394 - November 13, 1460), Duke of Viseu
- Isabella (February 21, 1397 - December 17, 1471), Duchess of Burgundy and mother of Charles the Bold
- Blanca (* 1398)
- Johann (January 13, 1400 - October 18, 1442), Duke of Aveiro
- Ferdinand von Avis (born September 29, 1402 - † June 5, 1443), Grand Master of the Avizordens
Phillipa is the only woman whose statue can be seen in the Padrão dos Descobrimentos near Lisbon.
ancestors
| Edward II (1284-1327) | |||||||||||||
| Edward III. (1312-1377) | |||||||||||||
| Isabelle de France († 1358) | |||||||||||||
| John of Gaunt (1340-1399) | |||||||||||||
| William III. (1286–1337) | |||||||||||||
| Philippa of Hainaut (1311-1369) | |||||||||||||
| Joan of Valois (1294–1342) | |||||||||||||
| Philippa of Lancaster (1360-1415) | |||||||||||||
| Henry Plantagenet (1281-1345) | |||||||||||||
| Henry of Grosmont (1306-1361) | |||||||||||||
| Maud Chaworth (1282-1322) | |||||||||||||
| Blanche of Lancaster (1341-1368) | |||||||||||||
| Henry de Beaumont | |||||||||||||
| Isabel de Beaumont | |||||||||||||
| Alice Comyn | |||||||||||||
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ For the date and place of birth see: thePeerage.com and Royal Genealogical Data ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ^ Goodman: John of Gaunt , p. 36.
- ^ Goodman: John of Gaunt , p. 50.
- ^ Goodman: John of Gaunt , pp. 321, 363.
- ↑ Goodman: John of Gaunt , pp. 123,364.
- ↑ See: thePeerage.com and Royal Genealogical Data ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Leonore Teles de Menezes |
Queen of Portugal 1387–1415 |
Eleanor of Aragon |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lancaster, Philippa of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of England and Queen of Portugal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1360 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leicester Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 1415 |
| Place of death | Sacavém |