Chapter V- Battle of Aljubarrota

Between 1383 and 1385, Portugal lived in a period of anarchy and Civil War, since the country had no king following the death of D. Fernando on October 22, 1383 who died without leaving male descendants
Picture 1- D. Fernando, King of Portugal

The only daughter of the king (D. Fernando), D. Beatriz was married to D. João I of Castile. These events bring to Portugal the evident threat of the loss of the Independence of Portugal, being controlled by Castile.
Leonor de Teles became the regent of the kingdom in the name of her daughter, who sought and defended the annexation of Portugal to Castile, in addition to D. João I of Castile, declares himself king of Portugal
Nevertheless part of the Nobility and middle class, will defend the Independence of Portugal, defending that D. João Mestre de Avis (Master of Avis) should ascend to the throne, this pretending to the throne was illegitimate son of the Portuguese king D. Pedro I



Picture 2 - D. João I Mestre de Avis, King of Portugal

D. João Mestre de Avis ( Master of Avis) on December 6, 1383, with the support of some nobles, kills the Count of Andeiro (lover of the queen widow Leonor de Teles) in the Royal Palace of Limoeiro in Lisbon, in the confusion of this event a page runs Lisbon on horseback, shouting in the streets that killed the master, in this confusion the people went out to the street to rescue him and threatened to set fire to the Paço, then the master appears alive and well and saved with his mission, holding in his hands blood Of the Regent's Lover.
The courts in Coimbra on April 6 in 1385 elect as King of Portugal D. João I Mestre Avis ( Master of Avis) however D. João of  Castile, does not give up on wanting to govern Portugal and invades our country,
The Castilian army was much more numerous than the Portuguese, however the Castilians were defeated by the Portuguese in Aljubarrota thanks to the tactic of the square applied by Nuno Álvares Pereira, named by D. João Master of Avis by Constable of the Kingdom
The battle took place in the late afternoon of August 14, 1385 between Portuguese troops and English allies against the Castilian army, led by John I of Castile.
  Portugal came out victorious

Picture 3- Battle of Aljubarrota

Picture 4- Nuno Álvares Pereira

Portuguese legend: The Baker of Aljubarrota or Brites de Almeida

The legend reads during the battle of Aljubarrota, the Castilians are defeated, they hide in the house of Brites de Almeida, that when arriving the house sees the door open, suspects that the enemy is refuge, asks for them to leave but these not to Obey, ends up killing 7 Castilians, taking the shovel with which she bakes the bread and putting them into the oven.
Brites de Almeida after this incident, decides to gather a group of women who persecuted the enemy and killed him without mercy or pity.

Picture 5- the Baker of Aljubarrota

After the end of the Battle of Aljubarrota, D. João I Master of Avis, he fulfills promise to the Virgin with his victory ordering to erect the Monastery of Batalha in District of Leiria 

Picture 6 - Monastery of Batalha, Leiria, Portugal


D. João I signs the Treaty of Windsor reinforcing the Portuguese-English alliance and ends up sealing this alliance by marrying the young Englishwoman Filipa de Lencastre in the Cathedral of Porto
Picture 7 - Wedding of D. João I and Filipa de Lencastre 



Picture 8- Cathedral of Porto

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