- Duke of Guimarães
The Dukes of
Guimarães was anNobility title granted by KingAfonso V of Portugal in1475 , to Ferdinand II, 3rd Duke of Braganza. The King just upgraded the previoustitle ofCount of Guimarães ), that he granted to the same Duke of Braganza, some years before (in1464 ).When Isabel of Braganza married Infante Duarte, King
Manuel I of Portugal youngest son, her brother,Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza ceded theDukedom as her dowry, and Duarte became the 4th Duke of Guimarães. As their son (Duarte II, 5th Duke of Guimarães) died without issue, theDukedom returned to the crown, but was soon granted again to theHouse of Braganza , when king Philip III of Portugal, gave it to John II, 8th Duke of Braganza.List of the Dukes of Guimarães
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Ferdinand II, Duke of Braganza (1430 -1483 ). Count of Guimarães (1464), Duke of Guimarães (1475);
#Jaime, Duke of Braganza (1479 -1532 );
#Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza (1510 -1563 );
#Infante Duarte I, 4th Duke of Guimarães (1515 -1540 );
#InfanteDuarte II, 5th Duke of Guimarães (1541 -1576 );
#John II, 8th Duke of Braganza (1604 -1656 ). Became King of Portugal in1640 ;
#Infanta Aldegunde of Braganza (1585 -1946 ), daughter of KingMiguel I of Portugal , married toEnrico of Parma, Count di Bardi (son ofCharles III of Parma );
#Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (born1945 ), currentDuke of Braganza .ee Also
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Duke of Braganza
*Count of Guimarães
*List of Portuguese Dukedoms External Links
* [http://www.geneall.net/P/tit_page.php?id=622 Genealogy of the Dukes of Guimarães in Portuguese]
Bibliography
"Nobreza de Portugal e Brazil" - Vol. II, pages 651-652. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.
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