Elizabeth (Princess) of ARAGON

Elizabeth (Princess) of ARAGON

Eigenschaften

Art Wert Datum Ort Quellenangaben
Name Elizabeth (Princess) of ARAGON
Name Isabel (Queen Consort) of PORTUGAL
Name Saint Elizabeth of PORTUGAL
Beruf Queen Consort of Portugal zu einem Zeitpunkt zwischen 1282 und 1325

Ereignisse

Art Datum Ort Quellenangaben
Geburt 1271 Aljafería Palace, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain nach diesem Ort suchen
Tod 4. Juli 1336 Estremoz Castle, Estremoz, Alentejo, Portugal nach diesem Ort suchen
Heirat 1281

Ehepartner und Kinder

Heirat Ehepartner Kinder
1281
Denis (King) of PORTUGAL

Notizen zu dieser Person

Elizabeth of Aragon, more commonly known as Elizabeth of Portugal,[2] T.O.S.F. (1271 - 4 July 1336; Elisabet in Catalan, Isabel in Aragonese, Portuguese and Spanish), was queen consort of Portugal, a tertiary of the Franciscan Order and is venerated as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Elizabeth showed an early enthusiasm for her Faith. She said the full Divine Office daily, fasted and did other penance, as well as attended twice-daily choral Masses. Religious fervor was common in her family, as she could count several members of her family who were already venerated as saints. The most notable example is her great-aunt, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, T.O.S.F., after whom she was named. Marriage Her marriage to King Denis of Portugal was arranged in 1281 when she was 10 years old, receiving the towns of Óbidos, Abrantes and Porto de Mós as part of her dowry.[3] It was only in 1288 that the wedding was celebrated, when Denis was 26 years old, while Elizabeth was 17.[3] Denis, a poet and statesman, known as the Rei Lavrador (English: Farmer King), because he planted a large pine forest near Leiria to prevent the soil degradation that threatened the region. Elizabeth quietly pursued the regular religious practices of her youth and was devoted to the poor and sick. Naturally, such a life was a reproach to many around her and caused ill will in some quarters. A popular story is told of how her husband's jealousy was aroused by an evil-speaking page, of how he condemned the queen's supposed guilty accomplice to a cruel death and was finally convinced of her innocence by the strange accidental substitution of her accuser for the intended victim. Elizabeth took an active interest in Portuguese politics and was a decisive conciliator during the negotiations concerning the Treaty of Alcañices, signed by Denis and Sancho IV of Castile in 1297 (which fixed the borders between the two countries).[3] In 1304, the Queen and Denis returned to Spain to arbitrate between Fernando IV of Castile and James II of Aragon, brother of Elizabeth.[3] She had two children: a daughter named Constance, who married King Ferdinand IV of Castile; a son Afonso (who later became King Afonso IV of Portugal). Elizabeth would serve as intermediary between her husband and Afonso, during the Civil War between 1322 and 1324. The Infante greatly resented the king, whom he accused of favoring the king's illegitimate son, Afonso Sanches.[3] Repulsed to Alenquer, which supported the Infante, Denis of Portugal was prevented from killing his son through the intervention of the Queen. As legend holds, in 1323, Elizabeth, mounted on a mule, positioned herself between both opposing armies on the field of Alvalade in order to prevent the combat.[3] Peace returned in 1324, once the illegitimate son was sent into exile, and the Infante swore loyalty to the king.[3] Dowager Queen After Denis' death in 1325, Elizabeth retired to the monastery of the Poor Clare nuns, now known as the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha (which she had founded in 1314) in Coimbra. She joined the Third Order of St. Francis, devoting the rest of her life to the poor and sick in obscurity. During the great famine in 1293, she donated flour from her cellars to the starving in Coimbra, but was also known for distributing small gifts, paying the dowries of poor girls, educating the children of poor nobles, and was a benefactor of various hospitals (Coimbra, Santarém and Leiria) and of religious projects (such as the Trinity Convent in Lisbon, chapels in Leiria and Óbidos, and the cloister in Alcobaça.[4]> She was called to act once more as a peacemaker in 1336, when Afonso IV marched his troops against King Alfonso XI of Castile, to whom he had married his daughter Maria, and who had neglected and ill-treated her. In spite of age and weakness, the Queen-dowager insisted on hurrying to Estremoz, where the two kings' armies were drawn up. She again stopped the fighting and caused terms of peace to be arranged. But the exertion brought on her final illness. As soon as her mission was completed, she took to her bed with a fever from which she died on 4 July, in the castle of Estremoz. Although Denis' tomb was located in Odivelas, Elizabeth was buried in the Convent of Santa Clara in Coimbra, in a magnificent Gothic sarcophagus. After frequent flooding by the Mondego River in the 17th century, the Poor Clares moved her mortal remains to the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova (also in Coimbra). Her body was transferred to the main chapel, where it was buried in a sarcophagus of silver and crystal. Sainthood Miracles were said to have followed upon her death. She was beatified in 1526 and canonized by Pope Urban VIII on 25 May 1625,[5] Her feast was inserted in the General Roman Calendar for celebration on 4 July. In the year 1694 Pope Innocent XII moved her feast to 8 July, so it would not conflict with the celebration of the Octave of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles.[6] In 1955, Pope Pius XII abolished this octave.[7] The 1962 Roman Missal changed the rank of the feast from "Double" to "Third-Class Feast".[8] The 1969 revision of the Calendar classified the celebration as an optional memorial and restored it to 4 July. Her feast is also kept on the Franciscan Calendar of Saints. Family and Ancestors Isabel (as she remains known by speakers of Portuguese and Spanish) was named after her grand-aunt Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. King Alfonso III of Aragon, King James II of Aragon and King Frederick III of Sicily were her brothers. References Notes ^ Jump up to: a b "Lives of the Saints, For Every Day of the Year," edited by Rev. Hugo Hoever, S.O.Cist.,Ph.D., New York: Catholic Book Publishing Co., 1955, p.257 Jump up ^ The name given to her in the Roman Missal and in many books on the saints of the General Roman Calendar, and also in books such as Kelley Harness, Echoes of Women's Voices (University of Chicago Press 2006 ISBN 978-0-22631659-8), p. 48; Douglas L. Wheeler, Walter C. Opello, Historical Dictionary of Portugal (Scarecrow Press 2010 ISBN 978-0-81087075-8), pp. 161-162; Jeanette Pinto, The Indian Widow (St Pauls BYB 2002 ISBN 978-81-7108533-0, p. 71; Anke Gilleir, Alicia A. Montoya, Suzanna van Dijk (editors), Women Writing Back / Writing Women Back (BRILL 2010 ISBN 978-90-0418463-3), p. 43; Michael Ray (editor), Portugal and Spain (Britannica Educational Publishing 2013 ISBN 978-1-61530993-1), p. 52. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g João Ferreira (2010), p.30 Jump up ^ João Ferreira (2010), p.31 Jump up ^ Ott, Michael T. (1912). "Pope Urban VIII". The Catholic Encyclopedia XV. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved 2007-09-07. Jump up ^ "Calendarium Romanum" (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1969), p. 96 Jump up ^ General Roman Calendar of Pope Pius XII Jump up ^ 3rd Class Sources Ferreira, João (2010), Histórias Rocambolescas da História de Portugal [Fantastic Stories of the History of Portugal] (6 ed.), Lisbon, Portugal: A Esfera dos Livros, ISBN 978-989-626-216-7 Hoever, Hugo, ed. (1955), Lives of the Saints, For Every Day of the Year, New York, New York: Catholic Book Publishing Co., p. 511 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Elizabeth of Portugal". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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