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Maria of Portugal, Marchioness of Tortosa

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Father
  
Peter I

Died
  
1363, Aveiro, Portugal

Mother
  
Constanza Manuel

Spouse
  
Infante Fernando

Religion
  
Roman Catholicism

House
  
House of Burgundy

Name
  
Maria Portugal,


Maria of Portugal, Marchioness of Tortosa

Burial
  
Convent of Saint Claire of Coimbra, Portugal

Parents
  
Peter I of Portugal, Constanza Manuel

Grandparents
  
Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena, Afonso IV of Portugal, Beatrice of Castile

Similar People
  
Peter I of Portugal, Constanza Manuel, Beatrice of Castile, Ferdinand I of Portugal, Ines de Castro

Maria of Portugal (Évora, Kingdom of Portugal, 6 April 1342 – Aveiro, Kingdom of Portugal, after 1375; [mɐˈɾiɐ]) 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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