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Peter, Duke of Coimbra

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Regent of Portugal (1392-1449)

WritersLived 1392 to 1449 · aged 56

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Dom Peter, Duke of Coimbra, KG was a Portuguese infante (prince) of the House of Aviz, son of King Dom John I of Portugal and his wife, Philippa of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt.

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Infante Peter, Regent of the Kingdom of Portugal.

Effigy of Peter, Duke of Coimbra, in the Monument of the Discoveries, in Lisbon, Portugal.

Monument in suburbs of Lisbon

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knighthood

Order of the Garter

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SpouseIsabella of Urgell, Duchess of Coimbra

FatherJohn I of Portugal

MotherPhilippa of Lancaster

ChildPeter, Constable of Portugal

ChildIsabella of Coimbra

ChildJohn, Prince of Antioch

ChildJames of Coimbra

ChildInfanta Beatrice of Coimbra

ChildInfanta Philippa of Coimbra

SiblingIsabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy

SiblingBeatrice, Countess of Arundel

SiblingPrince Henry the Navigator

SiblingEdward, King of Portugal

SiblingFerdinand the Holy Prince

SiblingAfonso I

SiblingJohn, Constable of Portugal

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe94.3

About this person

Dom Peter, Duke of Coimbra, KG was a Portuguese infante (prince) of the House of Aviz, son of King Dom John I of Portugal and his wife, Philippa of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt. In Portugal, he is known as Infante Dom Pedro das Sete Partidas [do Mundo], "of the Seven Parts [of the World]" because of his travels. Possibly the best-travelled prince of his time, he was regent between 1439 and 1448. He was also 1st Lord of Montemor-o-Velho, Aveiro, Tentúgal, Cernache, Pereira, Condeixa and Lousã.