Infanta Joana of Portugal
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Portuguese royalty
House of Aviz
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| John I
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| Children
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| Infante Duarte
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| Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra
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| Henry the Navigator (Infante Henrique, Duke of Viseu)
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| Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy
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| Infante João
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| Infante Fernando, the Saint Prince
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| Afonso, Duke of Braganza (illegitimate)
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| Beatriz, Countess of Arundel (illegitimate)
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| Grandchildren include
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| Infanta Isabel of Coimbra, Queen of Portugal
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| Edward
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| Children
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| Infante Afonso
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| Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu
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| Infanta Leonor, Holy Roman Empress
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| Infanta Catarina
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| Infanta Joana, Queen of Castile
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| Grandchildren include
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| Infante Manuel, Duke of Beja
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| Infanta Leonor of Viseu, Queen of Portugal
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| Afonso V
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| Children include
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| Blessed Infanta Joana
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| Infante João
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| John II
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| Afonso, Crown Prince of Portugal
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| Jorge, Duke of Coimbra (illegitimate)
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| Manuel I
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| Children include
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| Miguel da Paz, Crown Prince of Spain and Portugal
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| Infante João
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| Infanta Isabel, Holy Roman Empress
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| Infanta Beatriz, Duchess of Savoy
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| Infante Luís, Duke of Beja
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| Infante Fernando, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso
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| Infante Cardinal Afonso
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| Infante Cardinal Henrique
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| Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães
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| Infanta Maria
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| Grandchildren include
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| Philip I of Portugal (II of Spain)
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| António, Prior of Crato (illegitimate)
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| Infanta Maria of Guimarães, Duchess of Parma and Piacenza
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| Infanta Catarina of Guimarães, Duchess of Braganza
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| Great-Grandchildren include
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| Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza
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| Rannuccio Farnense of Parma
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| John II, Duke of Braganza
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| John III
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| Children include
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| Infanta Maria Manuela, Princess of Asturias
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| João, Crown Prince of Portugal
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| Grandchildren include
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| Infante Sebastião
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| Carlos, Prince of Asturias
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| Sebastian
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| Henry
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| Anthony (disputed king)
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- For the Portuguese princess, daughter of Edward of Portugal, see: Joan of Portugal
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Blessed Joan of Portugal (
1452-
1490), known in
Portugal as
Saint Joan Princess (
Portuguese:
Santa Joana Princesa,
pron. IPA: /
'sɐ̃.tɐ ʒu.'ɐ.nɐ pɾĩ.'se.zɐ/), was a Portuguese princess of the
House of Aviz, daughter of
King Afonso V of Portugal and his first wife
Isabel of Coimbra.
From a young age, Joan expressed a desire to become a nun; however, as she was second-in-line to the throne, her father would not allow it. During his military expedition to Tangier in 1471, Joan served as Regent of the Portuguese Kingdom. After vehemently refusing several proposals of marriage, Joan joined the Dominican Convent of Jesus in Aveiro in 1475. Her brother had by then been given an heir, so the family line was no longer in danger. Still, she was compelled several times to leave the convent and return to court, before she was finally professed as a nun. She continued to be a great supporter of her brother, John II of Portugal, throughout his reign and her life.
Joan died May 12 1490 in Aveiro and was buried in the Convent of Jesus in Aveiro. She was beatified in 1693 by Pope Innocent XII
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