Ferdinand I of Portugal

Fernando I, ninth king of Portugal (Eng. Ferdinand I), sometimes referred to as the Handsome (Port. o Formoso) or rarely as the Inconstant (Port. o Inconstante), was born on October 31 1345. He was the second but eldest surviving son of Pedro I of Portugal (who should not to be confused with his Spanish contemporary Pedro the Cruel) and his wife, princess Constance of Castile. He succeeded his father in 1367 and died on October 22 1383 in the city where he was born - Lisbon.

Fernando's descendants

• From his wife, Leonor, formerly wife of João Lourenço da Cunha, Lord of Pombeiro, and daughter of Martin Alfonso Telles de Menezes, two sons, both died young, and one daughter:
• Beatrice of Portugal, heiress of Ferdinand married (as his second wife) King Juan or John I of Castile
• Pedro (1380)
• Afonso (1382)

See also: Kings of Portugal family tree

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