Alphonso IV, King of Portugal

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Family Name:	Henriques	Given Names:	Alphonso
Known As:	The Brave
Titles:	King of Portugal (1325 - 1357)
Born:	8 Feb 1291 Lisbon, Portugal	Died:	28 May 1357 Lisbon, Portugal (Age 66)
	English/Scottish Royal Blood: 7.8125%   [?]	Buried:	Unknown place
Father:	Denis, King of Portugal		9 Oct 1261 - 7 Jan 1325
Mother:	Isabel of Aragon (daughter of Peter III of Aragon)		1271 - 1336
Marriage:	Beatrice of Castile and Leon (daughter of Sancho IV)		1293 - 25 Oct 1359
	Date: 12 Sep 1309	His Age: 19	Her Age: 17
	Place:  Lisbon, Portugal
	Offspring:
+3	Mary Henriques (daughter of Alphonso IV of Portugal)		1313 - 18 Jan 1357
+0	Peter I, King of Portugal		8 Apr 1320 - 18 Jan 1367
+0	Eleanor of Portugal (daughter of Alphonso IV of Portugal)		1328 - 29 Oct 1348
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Notes:
Alphonso was involved in one of the classic sad stories of the Iberian peninsula. Alphonso's son, Peter, married Princess Constance of Castile. When Constance died in 1345, Peter secretly married her cousin Ines, who had lived with them. Alphonso had Ines murdered because he did not want his grandson's claims threatened. According to legend, after Peter became king he had Ines's body exhumed and put her on a throne next to his. The sad fate of Ines was the subject of many Spanish poems and tragic plays.
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