Stabat amǐta: D. Isabel da Borgonha como protetora da família de Avis

Abstract

D. Pedro, Duke of Coimbra, was killed in Alfarrobeira when he was heading to the kingdom’s capital with his army and his son D. Jaime in order to capture the city. He was severely punished along with his sons and supporters with the punishment of damnatio memoriae and the confiscation of the right to property. Among the siblings who strove the most for the rehabilitation of the defeated are, not D. Henrique, but rather D. Isabel, fraternal sister of the former regent and friendly aunt of her nephews, who, although living in Burgundy, was always close to the Avis family. She immediately took the initiative, through her experienced ambassador, Jean Jouffroy, to reverse the situation of punishment that had befallen her family. As the court resisted the ambassador’s appeals and the legal justifications, having made few concessions to his pleas, she welcomed her brother’s children to Burgundy and projected them to international careers — stabat amǐta (paternal aunt)