During the night and throughout the next day, as many as 5000 more Castilians were killed by the neighbouring towns’ villagers; according to Portuguese tradition surrounding the battle, there was a woman called Brites de Almeida, the Padeira of Aljubarrota (the baker-woman of Aljubarrota), said to be very tall, strong, and to possess six fingers on each hand, […]
The Battle of Aljubarrota was a battle fought between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Crown of Castile on 14 August 1385. Aljubarrota is near Alcobaça. Forces commanded by King John I of Portugal and his general Nuno Álvares Pereira, with the support of English allies, opposed the army of King John I of Castile with its Aragonese, Italian and French allies at São Jorge place, between […]
John I of Portugal (Lisbon, April 11, 1357 – Lisbon, 14 August 1433), was the tenth King of Portugal and the first of the Avis Dynasty, surnamed The Good Memory for your legacy. Illegitimate child (bastard) of King Pedro I, Master of the Order of Avis (based in Avis, Alentejo), as king following the crisis […]
By following the Benedictine rule, arises from the habit of the origin of Calatrava orders and Avis – white, with a flordelisada cross (red, in the case of the Order of Calatrava, and green, Avis). Similarly, the establishment of this rule prevented its members from marrying (unlike other military religious orders whose members were laymen). […]
