Maria of Portugal, Marchioness of Tortosa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Portuguese infanta
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Place of Birth: Évora, Alentejo region, Portugal
About Maria of Portugal, Marchioness of Tortosa
- Maria of Portugal (Évora, Kingdom of Portugal, 6 April 1342 – Aveiro, Kingdom of Portugal, after 1375; Portuguese pronunciation: [m?'?i?]) was a Portuguese infanta (princess), first daughter of King Peter I of Portugal and his Queen consort Constanza Manuel. Maria was born in Évora on 6 April 1342.
- In 1354, when she was only twelve years old, she married Fernando of Aragon, marquis of Tortosa, a marriage arranged by her grandfather, King Alfonso IV, to strengthen the alliance between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Crown of Aragon.
- Fernando was the son of King Alfonso IV and of his second wife, Eleanor of Castile. Fernando was murdered by his half-brother Peter IV of Aragon in 1363.
- Maria then returned to Portugal where she died in the city of Aveiro after 1375.
- She is buried in Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha in Coimbra.
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