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Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy

1397 - 1471

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Isabella of Portugal (Portuguese: Isabel de Portugal; 21 February 1397 – 17 December 1471) was Duchess of Burgundy from 1430 to 1467 as the third wife of Duke Philip the Good. Their son was Charles the Bold, the last Valois Duke of Burgundy. Born a Portuguese infanta of the House of Aviz, Isabella was the only surviving daughter of King John I of Portugal and his wife Philippa of Lancaster. She served as the regent of the Burgundian Low Countries during the absence of her spouse in 1432 and in 1441–1443. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy is the 2,472nd most popular politician (up from 3,281st in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Portugal (up from 79th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Portuguese Politician.

Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy is most famous for her marriage to Edward II of England.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy ranks 2,472 out of 19,576Before her are Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Eystein II of Norway, Chenghua Emperor, Dagobert II, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, and Joanna II of Naples. After her are Rudolf I of Bohemia, Mary of Guise, Celâl Bayar, Isetnofret, Tsai Ing-wen, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1397, Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy ranks 6Before her are Sejong the Great, Pope Nicholas V, Guillaume Du Fay, Albert II of Germany, and Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli. After her are Hacı I Giray, Jahan Shah, Louis, Duke of Guyenne, Francesco Squarcione, Chimalpopoca, and Baysunghur. Among people deceased in 1471, Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy ranks 5Before her are Henry VI of England, Pope Paul II, Thomas à Kempis, and George of Poděbrady. After her are Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, Thomas Malory, João Gonçalves Zarco, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, Edmund Beaufort, and Emperor Go-Hanazono.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy ranks 63 out of 633Before her are Mário Soares (1924), Manoel de Oliveira (1908), Diogo Cão (1440), Afonso VI of Portugal (1643), John of God (1495), and Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (1434). After her are Henry, King of Portugal (1512), Peter II of Portugal (1648), Álvaro Siza Vieira (1933), Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile (1428), Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1699), and Jorge Sampaio (1939).

Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy ranks 37Before her are Pedro V of Portugal (1837), António Costa (1961), John V of Portugal (1689), Mário Soares (1924), Afonso VI of Portugal (1643), and Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (1434). After her are Henry, King of Portugal (1512), Peter II of Portugal (1648), Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1699), Jorge Sampaio (1939), Sancho II of Portugal (1209), and Viriathus (-180).