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Portugal: The wedding of John / Joao I of Portugal to Philippa of Lancaster, 11 February 1387, Chronique de France at d'Angleterre, Jean Wavrin, 15th century

Portugal: The wedding of John / Joao I of Portugal to Philippa of Lancaster, 11 February 1387, <i>Chronique de France at d'Angleterre</i>, Jean Wavrin, 15th century

John I (11 April 1357 – 14 August 1433) was King of Portugal and the Algarve in 1385–1433. He was called the Good (sometimes the Great) or of Happy Memory, more rarely and outside Portugal, in Spain, the Bastard, and was the first to use the title Lord of Ceuta.

He preserved Portugal's independence from Castile.