Fernando, Lord of Serpa

Infante Fernando of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃du]), or Ferdinand in English, was a Portuguese infante (prince), son of King Afonso II of Portugal and his wife Urraca of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile.

Infante Fernando
Lord of Serpa and Lamego
Coat of arms of Infante Fernando
Bornsummer of 1217
Kingdom of Portugal
Died19 January 1246
(aged 29)
Kingdom of Portugal
SpouseSancha Fernández de Lara
IssueSancho Fernandes de Serpa
HousePortuguese House of Burgundy
FatherAfonso II of Portugal
MotherUrraca of Castile

Fernando was born in the summer of 1217 and was made Lord of Serpa and Lamego in 1223. It is known that he travelled to Rome in 1237 to beg for a pardon from Pope Gregory IX for his violence against certain clerics. He died on 19 January 1246.

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