Gabriel Of Lencastre, 7th Duke Of Aveiro
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His full name was Gabriel de Lencastre Ponce de León Manrique de Lara Cádenas Girón y Aragon (1667–1745), known as ''Dom'' Gabriel of Lencastre. He was the 2nd son of
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, in Spain, and
Maria de Guadalupe of Lencastre, 6th Duchess of Aveiro ''Dona'' Maria de Guadalupe of Lencastre y Cárdenas Manrique (Azeitao, Portugal 1630 – Madrid, Spain 1715), was a Portuguese noblewoman, notable as an heiress who funded Catholic missions and missionaries in Asia, the Pacific, and Africa.Boxer ...
. His mother was recognised by the Portuguese King, as Duchess of Aveiro, in 1679, on the condition she would return to Portugal. Due to her husband's opposition, she divorced him, returned to her homeland and regained the House of Aveiro and their estates. Their elder son, Don Joaquín, would inherited the Spanish House of the Dukes of Los Arcos, while the younger, Dom Gabriel, would inherited the Portuguese House of the Dukes of Aveiro. Only after his mother's death (1715), he came to
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. While he lived in Spain, King Charles II granted him the title of Duke of Baños, and he served in the Spanish army, both in the
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and in the
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campaigns. He died single without issue. After his death the Duchy was claimed by his nephew, António de Lencastre Ponce de León (son of Joaquin 7th Duke of Los Arcos), and by José de Mascarenhas, 8th
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and 5th
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(descending from Álvaro and Juliana of Lencastre through female line).


See also

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Duke of Aveiro Duke of Aveiro ( pt, Duque de Aveiro) was a Portuguese title of nobility, granted in 1535 by King John III of Portugal to his 4th cousin, John of Lencastre, son of Infante George of Lencastre, a natural son of King John II of Portugal. Joh ...
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Duke of Torres Novas The Dukes of Torres Novas (in Portuguese & Spanish ''Duque de Torres Novas'') was an aristocratic Portuguese title granted by King Philip II of Portugal, also known as Philip III of Spain, by a royal decree of September 26, 1619, to George of Le ...
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Marquis of Torres Novas The title Marquis of Torres Novas (in Portuguese ''Marquês de Torres Novas'') was created by royal decree, dated from 27 March 1520, by King Manuel I of Portugal, to ''Dom'' John of Lencastre (1501–1571), eldest son of Infante George, Duke ...


External links


Genealogy of Gabriel of Lencastre, 7th Duke of Aveiro, in Portuguese


Bibliography

”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. II, pages 346. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gabriel of Lencastre 107 Portuguese nobility 1667 births 1745 deaths