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in Castile.

Biography

Alpoim was born in

, son of Alvaro de Alpoim, and descendant of Luis de Alpoim, ambassador to

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. He was married to Catarina Perestrello, daughter of a noble family. João de Alpoim was sent by

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, on a diplomatic mission to demand from King

Henry III of Castile Henry III of Castile (4 October 1379 – 25 December 1406), called the Suffering due to his ill health (, ), was the son of John I and Eleanor of Aragon. He succeeded his father as King of Castile in 1390. Birth and education Henry was bor ...

, that he fulfill the provisions of the treaty of May 15, 1393.{{Citation , title=Quadro elementar das relaçoes politicas e diplomaticas de diplomaticas de Portugal, year=1842 , publisher=Manuel Francisco de Barros e Sousa de Mesquita de Macedo Leitão e Carvalhosa Santarém , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t7tX8pqYDKQC&q=Jo%C3%A3o+de+Alpoim++Embaixador&pg=PA277

References

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