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unusual facts about Peter I of Portugal



Álvaro Pires de Castro

As a result, he was the half-brother of the powerful Galician nobleman Fernando Ruiz de Castro, the Castilian queen Juana de Castro (wife of King Peter of Castile) and the controversial Inês de Castro, mistress and consort of King Peter I of Portugal.

Politics of the Empire of Brazil

The House of Braganza originated with Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza, an illegitimate son of John I of the House of Aviz who, in turn, was the son of Peter I of the House of Burgundy, which was founded 300 years earlier in 1143 by Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal.


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