Saint elizabeth of portugal biography of christopher

Queen of Portugal from 1282 to 1325, Catholic saint

For other people named Isabella of Aragon, see Isabella of Aragon (disambiguation).

"Saint Elizabeth of Portugal" redirects here.

For the painting, see Saint Elizabeth of Portugal (Zurbarán).

Elizabeth of Portugal (Elisabet in Catalan, Isabel in Aragonese, Portuguese and Spanish; 1271 – 4 July 1336), also known as Elizabeth of Aragon, was Queen of Portugal from 1282 to 1325 as the wife of King Denis.

She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, under the name Saint Elizabeth of Portugal or Queen Saint Elizabeth (Rainha Santa Isabel in Portuguese).

Family and early life

Born in 1271 into the royal house of Aragon,^[2] Elizabeth was the daughter of Infante Peter and his wife Constance of Sicily (later King Peter III of Aragón and Queen Constance II of Sicily, and the sister of three kings: Alfonso III and James II of Aragon and Frederick III of Sicily.

She was a great-