Isabel of Coimbra

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Portuguese royalty
House of Avis

John I Children    Infante Duarte (future Edward I)    Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra    Henry the Navigator (Infante Henrique, Duke of Viseu)    Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy    Infante João, Lord of Reguengos    Infante Fernando, the Saint Prince    Afonso, Duke of Braganza (illegitimate)    Beatriz, Countess of Arundel (illegitimate) Grandchildren include    Infanta Isabel of Coimbra, Queen of Portugal Edward Children    Afonso, Prince of Portugal (future Afonso V)    Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu    Infanta Leonor, Holy Roman Empress    Infanta Catarina    Infanta Joana, Queen of Castile Grandchildren include    Infante Manuel, Duke of Beja (future Manuel I)    Infanta Leonor of Viseu, Queen of Portugal Great-Grandchildren include    Jaime, Duke of Braganza, Prince of Portugal Afonso V Children include    João, Prince of Portugal    Blessed Joana, Princess of Portugal    João, Prince of Portugal (future John II) John II    Afonso, Prince of Portugal    Jorge, Duke of Coimbra (illegitimate)

Infanta Isabel of Coimbra (Isabella of Portugal) (1 March 1432 – December 2, 1455) was a Portuguese infanta and the first wife of King Afonso V of Portugal.

She was a daughter of Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra and Isabel of Aragon. Her maternal grandfather was Jaume II, Count of Urgell.

Isabel and Afonso V were married on May 6, 1448. Both the bride and groom were sixteen. They had three children:

• Prince John (January 29, 1451-April 22 1455)
• Princess Joan (February 6, 1452-May 12, 1490): Known as Saint Joan of Portugal or Saint Joan Princess. Canonized in 1693 by Pope Innocent XII.
• John II of Portugal (March 3, 1455-October 25, 1495): Succeeded his father as 13th King of Portugal.

Isabel died unexpectly eight months after the birth of her last child, aged twenty-three, possibly by poisoning.

Preceded by Leonor of Aragon

Queen Consort of Portugal 6 May 1447 - 2 December 1455

Succeeded by Joan, Princess of Castile