IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 213: Between England and the Iberian Peninsula: Henry the Navigator and his Family
Monday 12 July 2010, 14.15-15.45
Organiser: | Manuela Santos Silva, Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa |
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Moderator/Chair: | Marisa Costa, Universidade de Lisboa |
Paper 213-a | The Lancasters in Castile: The Feminine Succession of Pedro I (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies |
Paper 213-b | Philippa of Lancaster, Queen of Portugal, and her Progeny: In Search of Dynastic Legitimacy (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Historiography - Medieval, Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies |
Abstract | Prince Henry of Avis, known as the Navigator, is the most famous character of an Anglo-Portuguese family that ruled Portugal from the last decades of the 14th century until the late 15th century. Edward III of England's son, John, Duke of Lancaster and pretender to the throne of Castile after his second marriage to Constanza, Pedro I of Castile's eldest daughter, decided to claim his rights in the Iberian Peninsula and invaded Galicia in 1386. One of his daughters would become later queen of Castile and another one queen of Portugal. João and Philippa were able to legitimate their dynasty through their eight offspring. One of them was Henry, the Navigator. |