ABOUT PHILIPPA OF LANCASTER
Queen Consort of Portugal and sister of King Henry IV of England. Her children came to be known in Portugal as the "Illustrious Generation."
She married British King John I to seal an alliance between Portugal and England.
Through her governess she came to know the great poet Geoffrey Chaucer.
Her son was the great explorer, Henry the Navigator.
Her son Henry the Navigator sparked the European Age of Discovery.
