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| | John I of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | João I, tenth king of Portugal (in English, John I) (the Good or sometimes, the Great or even the One With Good Memory), was born in Lisbon on April 11 1357 and died in the same city on August 14 1433. |
 | | His love for knowledge and culture was passed to his sons: Duarte, the future king was a poet and a writer, was one of the most learned princes of his time and prince Henry the Navigator, the duke of Viseu, started a school of Navigation and invested heavily on science and development of nautical topics. |
 | | In 1430, his only surviving daughter, Isabella, married the Philip III, duke of Burgundy and enjoyed an extremely refined court in his lands; she was the mother of Charles the Bold. |
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