Denis of Portugal

Dinis of Portugal (in archaic Portuguese Diniz; in English Denis), the Farmer (Port. o Lavrador), sixth king of Portugal, was born in Lisbon in October 9 1261 and died in January 7 1325 in Santarém. He was the eldest son of Afonso III of Portugal by his second wife, princess Beatrice of Castile. Dinis succeeded his father in 1279.

Dinis' descendants

• From his wife, Isabel or Elizabeth of Aragon (1270-1336), daughter of Pedro or Peter III of Aragon, one son and one daughter:
• Constance, princess of Portugal (1285-1313), married to Ferdinand IV of Castile
• Afonso IV, king of Portugal (1290-1357)
• Natural sons (among others)
• João, master of Lousã (1280-1325)
• Pedro, count of Barcelos (1287-1357)
• Afonso Sanches (1289-1329), lord of Albuquerque and rival of his half-brother Afonso IV