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Beatrice ((ポルトガル語:Beatriz); (:biɐˈtɾiʃ); Coimbra, 7–13 February 1373〔Cronicom Conimbricense, in (Chronicles of López de Ayala, book II ), p. 592〕 – c. 1420,〔 unknown local, Castile) was the only surviving child of King Ferdinand I of Portugal and his wife, Leonor Telles de Meneses. She married King John I of Castile. In the absence of a male heir, her husband claimed the throne of Portugal by the right of his wife. This led to the 1383–1385 Crisis, in which a good part of the Portuguese aristocracy and the people resisted their claim, invoking the Treaty of Salvaterra, and prevented the annexation〔Ayala's Chronicles, (Madrid's edition 1780, book II ), since page 292〕 of Portugal by Castille. The crisis ended with her uncle John, Ferdinand's illegitimate brother, being elected and acclaimed King of Portugal, the first from the House of Aviz. == Biography == At the beginning of 1383, the political situation in Portugal was volatile. Beatrice was the King's only child, and heir to the throne, after her younger brothers' deaths in 1380 and 1382. Her marriage was the political issue of the day and inside the palace, factions lobbied constantly. Ferdinand arranged and canceled his daughter's wedding several times before settling for his wife's first choice, King John I of Castile.〔(''Spain and Portugal'', Graeme Mercer Adam ed., J. D. Morris, 1906 )〕 John had lost his wife, Infanta Eleanor of Aragon the year before, and was happy to wed the Portuguese heiress. The wedding took place on 14 May 1383,〔Fernão Lopes, Chronicle of D. Ferdinand, chapters CLXIV - CLXVII〕 in the Portuguese city of Elvas. Beatrice was only ten years old. King Ferdinand died shortly thereafter, on 22 October 1383. According to the treaty between Castile and Portugal, Queen Leonor declared herself regent in the name of her daughter and son-in-law. At the request of the King of Castile, when he had knowledge of his father-in-law's decease, Leonor ordered the acclaim of Beatrice, although John I of Castile hadn't expressly recognized her as the regent,〔Fernão Lopes, Chronicle of D. Ferdinand, chapter CLXXVIII〕 first in Lisbon, Santarém and other important places,〔Fernão Lopes, Chronicle of D. Ferdinand, (vol. III ), page 187〕 and, some days after the assassination of Count Andeiro, in all the country.〔Fernão Lopes, Chronicle of John I, first part, (vol. I ), chapters LXI - LXII〕 But a rebellion led by the Master of the Order of Aviz, the future John I of Portugal, immediately began, leading to the 1383–1385 Crisis. Beatrice had no children with her husband, although a son called Miguel is mentioned in several much later genealogies and even in some modern history books.〔〔For genealogies including Miguel, see: ''Die Könige von Kastilien und León IV, 1369–1504 a.d.H. Trastamara des Stammes Burgund-Ivrea'', In: Detlev Schwennicke (Hrsg.): ''Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II, Die außerdeutschen Staaten, Die regierenden Häuser der übrigen Staaten Europas'', Tafel 65, Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg/Berlin, 1984, page 65, and .〕 There is no contemporary document mentioning him, and his mother was only 10 or 11 years old at his supposed birth. It is most probably a confusion with a grandchild of the Catholic Monarchs who was called Miguel. The King of Castile invaded Portugal in the end of December of 1383, to enforce his claim to be king by the right of his wife. The consequent war was effectively ended in 1385, with the utter defeat of Castile in the Battle of Aljubarrota. In the aftermath of this battle, John of Aviz became the uncontested king of Portugal. The King and Queen of Castile no longer had a tenable claim to the throne of Portugal, but during his lifetime, they continued to call themselves king and queen of Portugal. Beatrice died ''circa'' 1420 in Castile.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beatrice of Portugal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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