In 1573, he commissioned the construction of the Royal Basilica in Castro Verde as a tribute to the Battle of Ourique.
V svoji skrbi za vdove in sirote teh žrtev, ki jih pobila kuga, je ustvaril več "Recolhimentos" (zaklonišča), znanih kot Recolhimento de Santa Marta in Recolhimento dos Meninos), in zagotovil dojilje, ki so skrbele za otroke.