{"slug": "peter-duke-of-coimbra", "label": "Peter, Duke of Coimbra", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%2C_Duke_of_Coimbra", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552417", "qid": "Q552417", "description": "Regent of Portugal (1392-1449)", "entries": 10, "years": 8, "span": [1392, 1449], "span_label": ["1392 CE", "1449 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra", "Pedro, Duke of Coimbra"], "related": [{"slug": "afonso-v-of-portugal", "label": "Afonso V of Portugal", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "lisbon", "label": "Lisbon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edward-king-of-portugal", "label": "Edward, King of Portugal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prince-henry-the-navigator", "label": "Prince Henry the Navigator", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1392, "year_label": "1392 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 9", "text": "December 9 – Peter, Duke of Coimbra (d. 1449)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360558319#Births", "title": "1392", "revid": 1360558319, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1439, "year_label": "1439 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "At the Portuguese Cortes, Peter, Duke of Coimbra is appointed Regent of the Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373513363#Date_unknown", "title": "1439", "revid": 1373513363, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1441, "year_label": "1441 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – King Afonso V of Portugal, the 9-year-old monarch since the 1438 death of his father, King Duarte, is formally betrothed to his cousin, Isabel of Coimbra, aged 10, as part of an arranged marriage planned by Isabel's father Pedro, Duke of Coimbra, the King's regent. Their marriage does not take place until almost six years later, on May 6, 1447.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361382363#July–September", "title": "1441", "revid": 1361382363, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1443, "year_label": "1443 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 22", "text": "October 22 – Pedro de Portugal, Duke of Coimbra and regent for the 11-year old King Afonso V, grants letters patent to his younger brother Dom Henrique of Navegador (\"Prince Henry the Navigator\"), giving Henrique an exclusive monopoly over all navigation south of Cape Bojador, whether for the purpose of war or trade, as well as a commission on any African goods or slaves brought back to mainland Portugal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349474708#October–December", "title": "1443", "revid": 1349474708, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1446, "year_label": "1446 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 15", "text": "January 15 – On his 14th birthday, Afonso V is acclaimed as King of Portugal, with full power to govern the kingdom, although his uncle, Pedro, Duke of Coimbra continues to operate as regent. Afonso had succeeded to the throne in 1438 upon the death of his father, King Duarte I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360566332#January–March", "title": "1446", "revid": 1360566332, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1446, "year_label": "1446 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 28", "text": "July 28 – The compilation of the Alfonsine Ordinances, the first codification of the laws of the Kingdom of Portugal, is completed by Rui Fernandes of Almada and given to Dom Pedro de Coimbra, the regent for King Afonso V.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360566332#July–September", "title": "1446", "revid": 1360566332, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1447, "year_label": "1447 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 6", "text": "May 6 – In a royal wedding at Lisbon, King Afonso V of Portugal is married to his first cousin, Princess Isabel of Coimbra, when both of them are 15 years old. Isabel is the daughter of Afonso's uncle, Dom Pedro, Duke of Coimbra, who continues to serve as the regent for King Afonso.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359486325#April_–_June", "title": "1447", "revid": 1359486325, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1448, "year_label": "1448 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 9", "text": "June 9 – The regency of Portugal ends as Dom Pedro, Duke of Coimbra, as King Afonso V, now 16, dismisses his uncle who had served as regent for almost 10 years after the death of King Duarte in 1738. Influenced by Afonso de Braganza, King Afonso begins nullification of all of the decrees made in his name by Dom Pedro.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367832753#April–June", "title": "1448", "revid": 1367832753, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1449, "year_label": "1449 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – Battle of Alfarrobeira: King Afonso V of Portugal defeats the forces of Peter, Duke of Coimbra.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365251873#April–June", "title": "1449", "revid": 1365251873, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1449, "year_label": "1449 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – Peter, Duke of Coimbra (b. 1392) — at the Battle of Alfarrobeira", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365251873#Deaths", "title": "1449", "revid": 1365251873, "section": "Deaths"}}]}