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Fernando, King Pedro's son, was gentle and negligent. He succumbed to an infatuation for Leonor Telese de Meneses, whom he carried off from her husband and made his wife. Fernando died in 1383, and João (Pedro's bastard son) became King. |
Lusiads p.100 MRW p.200 |
| At this time Lisbon was one of the busiest markets in Europe, with 400-500 ships loading there each year. The city had become the chief waystation between the mediterranean and the Channel and North Sea ports. Wealth accumulated from trade with North Africa, and rumours spread of visits to the Fortunate Isles by Portuguese and Italian ships. | TPS p.50 |
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Fernando's father, Pedro |
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Fernando's successor, João I |