Isabel of Barcelos

For other people with similar names, see Isabella of Braganza (disambiguation).

Isabel of Barcelos (October 1402 – 26 October 1466), also known as Isabel of Braganza, was a lady of the Portuguese nobility during the Late Middle Ages. She was the daughter of Afonso I, Duke of Braganza and Beatriz Pereira de Alvim, and she married Infante John, Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz, her half-uncle, son of John I of Portugal.

Isabel
Lady of Reguengos de Monsaraz, Colares and Belas
Isabel in a 1534 miniature in the Genealogy of D. Manuel Pereira, 3rd Count of Feira
Born	(1402-10-00)October 1402 Barcelos
Died	26 October 1466(1466-10-26) (aged 63–64) Arévalo
Burial	Batalha Monastery
Spouse	John, Constable of Portugal
House	Braganza
Father	Afonso I, Duke of Braganza
Mother	Beatriz Pereira de Alvim

Issue

Isabel and Infante John had four children:

• Infante Diogo of Portugal (1425–1443) – 4th Constable of Portugal and 11th Master of the Order of St. James;
• Infanta Isabella of Portugal (1428–1496), married John II of Castile, mother of Isabella I of Castile
• Infanta Beatrice of Portugal (1430–1506), married Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, mother of Manuel I of Portugal
• Infanta Phillipa of Portugal (1432–1444), Lady of Almada

Isabel died in the town of Arévalo on 26 October 1466 at the age of sixty-four. She was buried in the Batalha Monastery alongside her husband.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Isabel of Barcelos
8. Peter I of Portugal 4. John I of Portugal 9. Teresa Lourenço 2. Afonso I, Duke of Braganza 10. Pero Esteves, o Barbadão 5. Inês Pires 11. Maria Anes 1. Isabel of Barcelos 12. Álvaro Gonçalves Pereira 6. Nuno Álvares Pereira 13. Iria Gonçalves do Carvalhal 3. Beatriz Pereira de Alvim 14. João Pires de Alvim 7. Leonor de Alvim 15. Branca Pires Coelho