Peter V of Aragon
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Peter V of Aragon (1429–30 June 1466), Infante of Portugal, Constable of Portugal
and Grand Master
of the Order of Aviz
.
He was son of Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra, and Isabella of Aragon, Countess of Urgel
, and grandson of John I of Portugal
.
During the War Against John II, between 1463 and 1466 Peter was King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona.
Note that Peter V did not reign in Valencia
, which remained under the control of John II.
Constable of Portugal
Constable of Portugal or Constable of the Kingdom was a title created by the King of Portugal Ferdinand I in 1382, to substitute the title Alferes Mór do Reino. The constable was the second most powerful person in the kingdom, after the King of Portugal...
and Grand Master
Grand Master (order)
Grand Master is the typical title of the supreme head of various orders of knighthood, including various military orders, religious orders and civil orders such as the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Orange Order...
of the Order of Aviz
Order of Aviz
The Military Order of Aviz , previously to 1910 Royal Military Order of Aviz , previously to 1789 Order of Saint Benedict of Aviz , previously Knights of St. Benedict of Aviz or Friars of Santa Maria of Évora, is a Portuguese Order of Chivalry...
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He was son of Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra, and Isabella of Aragon, Countess of Urgel
Isabella of Aragon, Countess of Urgel
Isabella of Urgell, Duchess of Coimbra was a Catalan noblewoman of the Urgell branch of the House of Aragon...
, and grandson of John I of Portugal
John I of Portugal
John I KG , called the Good or of Happy Memory, more rarely and outside Portugal the Bastard, was the tenth King of Portugal and the Algarve and the first to use the title Lord of Ceuta...
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During the War Against John II, between 1463 and 1466 Peter was King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona.
Note that Peter V did not reign in Valencia
Kingdom of Valencia
The Kingdom of Valencia , located in the eastern shore of the Iberian Peninsula, was one of the component realms of the Crown of Aragon. When the Crown of Aragon merged by dynastic union with the Crown of Castile to form the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of Valencia became a component realm of the...
, which remained under the control of John II.