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King Denis of Portugal, the Farmer King, and Queen Elizabeth of Portugal. Born in 1271 into the royal house of Aragon, [2] Elizabeth was the daughter of Infante Peter and his wife Constance of Sicily (later King Peter III of Aragón and Queen Constance II of Sicily, and the sister of three kings: Alfonso III and James II of Aragon and Frederick III of Sicily.
The House of Aviz, known as the Joanine Dynasty, succeeded the House of Burgundy as the reigning house of the Kingdom of Portugal. The house was founded by John I of Portugal, who was the Grand Master of the Order of Aviz. When King John II of Portugal died without an heir, the throne of Portugal passed to his cousin, Manuel, Duke of Beja.
Saint Elizabeth of Portugal (1630–1635) by Francisco de Zurbarán. Saint Elizabeth of Portugal is an oil painting on canvas executed ca. 1630–1635 by the Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán. It depicts Queen Saint Elizabeth of Portugal, daughter of Peter III of Aragon and wife of Denis of Portugal. She was known for her generosity, and ...
Isabella of Portugal (Portuguese: Isabel de Portugal; 24 October 1503 – 1 May 1539) was the empress consort of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, and Duke of Burgundy.
Portrait of King Denis and Queen Saint Elizabeth at Sala dos Capelos in the University of Coimbra. In 1290, Denis began to pursue the systematic centralisation of royal power by imposing judicial reforms, decreeing Portuguese "the official language of legal and judicial proceedings", [6] creating the first university in Portugal, and ridding the military orders in the country of foreign ...
St Elizabeth of Portugal Church is a Grade II listed Roman Catholic parish church in The Vineyard, Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, south west London. It is adjacent to The Vineyard Life Church. Dedicated to a 14th-century queen consort of Portugal, it claims to be oldest standing Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of ...
Portugal had only two queens regnant: Maria I and Maria II (and, arguably, two more: Beatriz [1] for a short period of time in the 14th century; and Teresa, in the 12th century, which technically makes her the first ruler and first queen of Portugal [2]). The other queens were queens consort, wives of the Portuguese kings.
Saint Elizabeth of Portugal, c. 1635, Museo del Prado, Madrid Saint Luke as a Painter before Christ on the Cross , c. 1635–1640, Museo del Prado , Madrid The Annunciation , 1637–1639, Museum of Grenoble , France