João of Braganza, born ca. 1430, was the second son of
Fernando I, Duke of Braganza and of his wife, the duchess Joan of Castro.
Life
Through a letter issued on 30 October 1471, king
Afonso V of Portugal granted him the Lordship of
Montemor-o-Novo and on 25 April 1473, he was appointed the 7th
Constable of Portugal, as was his great-grandfather,
Nuno Álvares Pereira. Later, in 1478, the same king granted him the title of Marquis of Montemor-o-Novo – he was the first and sole marquis of this title.
Before 25 July 1460, he married his 3rd cousin, Isabel of Noronha (niece of
Christopher Columbus), a natural daughter of the Archbishop of Lisbon
Pedro de Noronha
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter.
The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...
(who was himself, a grandson of king
Fernando I of Portugal and grandson of king
Henry II of Castile through an illegitimate line).
When king
John II of Portugal succeeded to the Portuguese throne and started actively his policy against the high nobility power (namely the
Braganza and the
Viseu families) João soon became one of the king's targets. He escaped to
Castile but in Portugal he was condemned for treason, and his statue was symbolically executed in
Abrantes, on 12 September 1483.
He died in
Seville, on 30 April 1484, where he was buried, together with his wife, in the Santa Paula Monastery.
Ancestry
See also
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List of Marquesses in Portugal
*
House of Braganza
The Most Serene House of Braganza ( pt, Sereníssima Casa de Bragança), also known as the Brigantine Dynasty (''Dinastia Brigantina''), is a dynasty of emperors, kings, princes, and dukes of Portuguese origin which reigned in Europe and the Ame ...
Bibliography
*"Nobreza de Portugal e Brasil" - Vol. II, pages 29 and 30. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989;
*"O Marquês de Montemor e a sua vida pública" de Anastásia Mestrinho Salgado, Edições Cosmos, Lisbon 1997.
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House of Braganza
Marquesses
1430 births
1484 deaths
Constables of Portugal
15th-century Portuguese nobility