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  1. King of Portugal from 1385. An illegitimate
  2. son of Pedro I, he was elected by the Cortes
  3. (parliament). His claim was supported by an
  4. English army against the rival king of
  5. Castile, thus establishing the
  6. Anglo-Portuguese Alliance 1386. He married
  7. Philippa of Lancaster, daughter of John of
  8. Gaunt.
  9.