| Joan of Portugal | |
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Infanta of Portugal |
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| Tenure | 21 May 1455- 11 December 1474 |
| Spouse | Henry IV of Castile |
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| Joanna La Beltraneja (illegitimate by her lover, Pedro de Castilla y Fonseca): Pedro de Castilla y Portugal Andres Apostol de Castilla y Portugal |
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| House | House of Aviz |
| Father | Edward of Portugal |
| Mother | Leonor of Aragon |
| Born | 20 March 1439 Quinta do Monte Olivete, Almada, Portugal |
| Died | 12 December 1475 (aged 36) Madrid |
| Burial | Madrid |
The Infanta Joana (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈɐnɐ]; English: Joan; 20 March 1439 – 12 December 1475)[1] was the second Queen consort of King Henry IV of Castile and a Portuguese infanta (princess), the posthumous daughter of King Edward of Portugal and his wife Leonor of Aragon. She was born in the Quinta do Monte Olivete, Almada on March 20, 1439, six months after the death of her father.
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Family
Joan's maternal grandparents were Ferdinand I of Aragon and Eleanor of Alburquerque. Her paternal grandparents were John I of Portugal and Philippa of Lancaster.
Philippa of Lancaster was daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and his first wife Blanche of Lancaster. John was a son of Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault.
Joan's siblings included: Afonso V of Portugal; successor to their father, Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu; father of Manuel I of Portugal, Eleanor of Portugal; wife of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and mother of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Infanta Catherine of Portugal, promised to marry Charles, Prince of Viana but instead became a nun.
Marriage
On 21 May 1455 in Córdoba, Spain[1], she married as his second wife King Henry IV of Castile who had repudiated his first consort Blanche II of Navarre after thirteen years of marriage. It was rumoured that their marriage had never been consummated due to the king's impotence. In February 1462, six years after Joan's marriage to Henry, she gave birth to a daughter also named Juana (or Joan), called La Beltraneja because of rumours that she was in fact the daughter of Don Beltrán de la Cueva, 1st Duke of Alberquerque, with whom she was having an affair.
Henry banished Joan from the royal court and she went to live in Coca at the castle of Henry's supporter, Bishop Fonseca. She soon fell in love with Bishop Fonseca's nephew; they embarked on a sexual affair, which resulted in Joan bearing her lover two illegitimate sons: Andres Apostol and Pedro Apostol. Henry declared their marriage had never been legal and thus divorced her.
Scandals and illegitimate children
At the Spanish court prior to her banishment, Joan had provoked much criticism as she allegedly wore dresses that displayed much too much décolletage, and her behaviour was considered scandalous. Joan has been credited with many lovers, including the poet Juan Rodríguez de la Cámara.[2][3] Joan had two illegitimate children by Pedro de Castilla y Fonseca "el mozo", nephew of Bishop Fonseca, and a great grandson of Pedro I "the cruel" of Castille. Her two sons were: Pedro de Castilla y Portugal and Andres Apostol de Castilla y Portugal. The birth of her two illegitimate children only added to Joan's considerable notoriety.
She later entered the convent of San Francisco in Segovia.
Joan died in Madrid on December 12, 1475 at the age of thirty-six. She was buried in Madrid.
Ancestors
| Joan of Portugal | Father: Edward of Portugal |
Father's father: John I of Portugal |
Father's father's father: Peter I of Portugal |
| Father's father's mother: Teresa Lourenço |
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| Father's mother: Philippa of Lancaster |
Father's mother's father: John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster |
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| Father's mother's mother: Blanche of Lancaster |
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| Mother: Leonor of Aragon |
Mother's father: Ferdinand I of Aragon |
Mother's father's father: John I of Castile |
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| Mother's father's mother: Eleanor of Aragon |
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| Mother's mother: Eleanor of Alburquerque |
Mother's mother's father: Sancho, Count of Alburquerque |
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| Mother's mother's mother: Infanta Beatriz, Countess of Alburquerque |
References
| Preceded by Isabel of Portugal |
Queen Consort of Castile and Leon 1455–1474 |
Succeeded by Isabella of Portugal |
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