Duarte, Duke of Guimarães (1515–1540)

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| name = Duarte

| title = Duke of Guimarães

| image = Duarte, Duque de Guimarães.jpg

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| house = Aviz

| father = Manuel I of Portugal

| mother = Maria of Aragon

| spouse = Isabel of Braganza

| birth_date = {{birth_date|1515|10|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal

| death_date = {{death date and age|1540|9|20|1515|10|7|df=yes}}

| death_place = Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal

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Duarte, Duke of Guimarães (7 October 1515 – 20 September 1540) was a Portuguese infante (prince); the sixth son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his wife Maria of Aragon.

Life

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Duarte was born in Lisbon on 7 October 1515.{{cite book |last1=McMurdo |first1=Edward |title=The history of Portugal, from the Commencement of the Monarchy to the Reign of Alfonso III |date=1889 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington|location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/historyportugal05mcmugoog |page=114 |access-date=25 October 2023}} He was tutored by André de Resende, who later wrote his biography.{{cite book |last1=Pereira |first1=Esteves |last2=Rodrigues |first2=Guilherme |title=Portugal : diccionario historico, chorographico, heraldico, biographico, bibliographico, numismatico e artistico |date=1904 |publisher=J. Romano Torres |location=Lisboa |page=94 |language=Portuguese|volume=3|url=https://archive.org/details/portugaldicciona03pere/page/94/mode/2up?}} The Infante loved hunting and was quite a good musician.

In 1537, Duarte married Isabella of Braganza, daughter of James, Duke of Braganza, who was dowried with the Dukedom of Guimarães in her own right. After the marriage, Infante Duarte became the 4th Duke of Guimarães.

This marriage produced three children:

Infanta Maria of Guimarães (1538–1577), married Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza.
Infanta Catarina, Duchess of Braganza (1540–1614), Duchess of Braganza, married to John, 6th Duke of Braganza, she was a claimant of the throne of Portugal in 1580 (See: 1580 Portuguese succession crisis).
Infante Duarte, 5th Duke of Guimarães (1541–1576)

He is buried in the Monastery of Jerónimos in Lisbon.

Ancestry

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|1= 1. Duarte, Duke of Guimarães

|2= 2. Manuel I of Portugal

|3= 3. Maria of Aragon

|4= 4. Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Emanuel I. |volume=9}}

|5= 5. Beatrice of Portugal

|6= 6. Ferdinand II of Aragon{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_krkCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT11 |title=Isabel the Queen: Life and Times |last=Liss |first=Peggy K. |date=2015-11-10 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=9780812293203 |pages=11 |df=dmy-all}}

|7= 7. Isabella I of Castile

|8= 8. Edward I of Portugal{{cite book|last=Stephens|first=Henry Morse|title=The Story of Portugal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jwMqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA139|access-date=17 September 2018|year=1903|publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons|page=139|isbn=9780722224731}}

|9= 9. Eleanor of Aragon

|10= 10. John, Constable of Portugal (= 30)

|11= 11. Isabel of Barcelos (= 31)

|12= 12. John II of Aragon{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Ferdinand V. of Castile and Leon and II. of Aragon |volume=10}}

|13= 13. Juana Enríquez

|14= 14. John II of Castile{{Britannica|295037|Isabella I, Queen of Spain}}

|15= 15. Isabella of Portugal

|16= 16. John I of Portugal (= 20)

|17= 17. Philippa of Lancaster (= 21)

|18= 18. Ferdinand I of Aragon{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/historiagenealog02sous#page/496/mode/2up |title=Historia genealogica da casa real portugueza |trans-title=Genealogical History of the Royal House of Portugal |volume=2 |language=pt |last=de Sousa |first=Antonio Caetano |publisher=Lisboa Occidental |year=1735 |page=497}} (= 24)

|19= 19. Eleanor of Alburquerque (= 25)

|20= 20. John I of Portugal (= 16)

|21= 21. Philippa of Lancaster (= 17)

|22= 22. Afonso I, Duke of Braganza

|23= 23. Beatriz Pereira de Alvim

|24= 24. Ferdinand I of Aragon{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=John II of Aragon |volume=15}} (= 18)

|25= 25. Eleanor of Alburquerque (= 19)

|26= 26. Fadrique Enríquez de Mendoza{{cite journal |last=Ortega Gato |first=Esteban |url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/1098484.pdf |title=Los Enríquez, Almirantes de Castilla |trans-title=The Enríquezes, Admirals of Castille |journal=Publicaciones de la Institución "Tello Téllez de Meneses" |language=es |issn=0210-7317 |volume=70 |year=1999 |page=42}}

|27= 27. Mariana Fernández de Córdoba

|28= 28. Henry III of Castile{{Britannica|261568|Henry III, King of Castille}}

|29= 29. Catherine of Lancaster

|30= 30. John, Constable of Portugal (= 10)

|31= 31. Isabel of Barcelos (= 11)

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