Joana, Princess of Beira (18 September 1635 – 17 November 1653; Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈɐnɐ]; English: Joan) was a Portuguese infanta (princess), and the eldest surviving daughter of John IV, King of Portugal (the first of the House of Braganza) and his wife Luisa de Guzmán.[1]
| Joana | |
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| Princess of Beira | |
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| Born | 18 September 1635 Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa, Vila Viçosa, Portugal |
| Died | 17 November 1653 (aged 18) Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Burial | |
| House | Braganza |
| Father | John IV of Portugal |
| Mother | Luisa de Guzmán |
Life
editJoana was born in Vila Viçosa on 18 September 1635. Her father created her Princess of Beira, a title subsequently used by the eldest daughter of the monarch. She died unmarried in Lisbon at the age of 18 on 17 November 1653.[2] She was first buried at the Jerónimos Monastery and then moved to the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora.
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References
edit- ^ Mendes 2020, p. 194.
- ^ Newitt 2019, p. 84.
Sources
edit- Mendes, Paula Almeida (2020). "The exaltation of the "holines" of the Braganca dynasty as a legitimating strategy in the seventeenth century". In Rodrigues, Ana Maria S. A.; Silva, Manuela Santos; Spangler, Jonathan (eds.). Dynastic change : legitimacy and gender in medieval and early modern monarchy. Routledge.
- Newitt, Malyn (2019). The Braganzas: The Rise and Fall of the Ruling Dynasties of Portugal and Brazil, 1640-1910. Reaktion Books.
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