Denis, Lord of Cifuentes
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Denis of Portugal (Portuguese: 'Dinis' or 'Diniz' Script error: No such module "IPA".), occasionally surnamed CastroScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (1353 – c. 1403Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".), was an infante of Portugal. He was the son of Portuguese King Peter I and a Galician noblewoman named Inês de Castro who had arrived in Portugal as a maid of princess Constance of Castile, recently married to Pedro I (Heir Prince at the time). Peter and Inês were not married at the time of Denis birth but Peter had him and his siblings legitimized once he became king.
History
Considering Denis an Infante of Portugal is a debatable subject. Some historians consider him a natural son of Peter I, so the title Infante of Portugal could never be attributed to him. Other opinions refer that after the death of Inês de Castro, ordered by Pedro's father King Afonso IV of Portugal, the Prince after inheriting the throne admitted that he had married Inês secretly, and because of that she was a lawful Queen of Portugal.
After the death of his mother Denis left Portugal to Castile with his brother but during the 1383–85 Crisis he was one of the claimants to the throne along with Beatrice of Portugal (his niece), John, Master of Aviz (his half-brother) and John (his brother). Although he managed to be acclaimed King in the city of Santarém his connections with Castile eventually lost him the throne and at the time of the Battle of Aljubarrota he was already out of the country like his brother John.
Family
He married in 1372 Joan of Castile, 2nd? Lady of Cifuentes, born c. 1360, illegitimate daughter of Henry II of Castile by Juana, 1st? Lady of Cifuentes, born c. 1340, by whom he had:
- Pedro de Portugal, called «de Colmenarejo»,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". married to María de Toledo, daughter of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo el Viejo, 1st Lord of HigaresScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and Teresa Vázquez de Ayala,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 3rd Lady of Pinto;
- Beatriz de Portugal (died 1470),Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". unmarried and without issue.
Illegitimate children:
- Fernando de Portugal,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Comendador of Oreja, married to María de Torres, daughter of Fernán Ruiz de Torres and Inés de Solier;Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Juan de Portugal;Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Beatriz de Portugal, nun;Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Inés de Portugal, nun.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
He died in about 1403.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Ancestry
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