Joana, Princess of Beira
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| name = Joana
| title = Princess of Beira
| image = Infanta D. Joana de Bragança.jpg
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| house = Braganza
| father = John IV of Portugal
| mother = Luisa de Guzmán
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1635|9|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa, Vila Viçosa, Portugal
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1653|11|17|1635|9|18|df=y}}
| death_place = Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
| burial_place = Pantheon of the House of Braganza
}}
Joana, Princess of Beira (18 September 1635 – 17 November 1653; {{IPA|pt|ʒuˈɐnɐ}}; {{Langx|en|Joan}}) was a Portuguese infanta (princess), and the eldest surviving daughter of John IV, King of Portugal (the first of the House of Braganza) and his wife Luisa de Guzmán.{{sfn|Mendes|2020|p=194}}
Life
Joana was born in Vila Viçosa on 18 September 1635. Her father created her Princess of Beira, a title subsequently used by the eldest daughter of the monarch.
She died unmarried in Lisbon at the age of 18 on 17 November 1653.{{sfn|Newitt|2019|p=84}} She was first buried at the Jerónimos Monastery and then moved to the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora.
Ancestry
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|1= 1. Joana, Princess of Beira
|2= 2. John IV of Portugal
|3= 3. Luisa de Guzmán
|4= 4. Teodósio, 7th Duke of Braganza
|5= 5. Ana de Velasco y Girón
|6= 6. Manuel, 8th Duke of Medina Sidonia
|7= 7. Juana de Sandoval y la Cerda
|8= 8. João, 6th Duke of Braganza
|9= 9. Catherine of Portugal
|10= 10. Juan, 5th Duke of Frías
|11= 11. María Téllez-Girón y Guzmán
|12= 12. Alonso, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia
|13= 13. Ana de Silva y Mendoza
|14= 14. Francisco, 1st Duke of Lerma
|15= 15. Catalina de la Cerda y Portugal
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References
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Sources
- {{cite book |chapter=The exaltation of the "holines" of the Braganca dynasty as a legitimating strategy in the seventeenth century |first=Paula Almeida |last=Mendes |title= Dynastic change : legitimacy and gender in medieval and early modern monarchy |editor-first1=Ana Maria S. A. |editor-last1=Rodrigues |editor-first2=Manuela Santos |editor-last2=Silva |editor-first3=Jonathan |editor-last3=Spangler |publisher=Routledge |year=2020 }}
- {{cite book |title=The Braganzas: The Rise and Fall of the Ruling Dynasties of Portugal and Brazil, 1640-1910 |first=Malyn |last=Newitt |publisher=Reaktion Books |year=2019 }}
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Category:People from Vila Viçosa
Category:Burials at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora
Category:17th-century Portuguese people
Category:17th-century Portuguese women
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