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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
Moderator/Chair:Marisa Costa, Universidade de Lisboa
Paper 213-aThe Lancasters in Castile: The Feminine Succession of Pedro I
(Language: English)
Covadonga Valdaliso Casanova, Universidad de Valladolid / Departamento de História, Universidade de Lisboa
Index terms: Gender Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies
Paper 213-bPhilippa of Lancaster, Queen of Portugal, and her Progeny: In Search of Dynastic Legitimacy
(Language: English)
Manuela Santos Silva, Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa
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.