Jorge de Lencastre, or George of Lencastre (1548–1578), was the older son of

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John of Lencastre, 1st Duke of Aveiro and of his wife Juliana de Lara, daughter of the 3rd

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. Until his father's death, he used the title of

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, and also succeeded him as 2nd Duke of Aveiro in 1571. He was a close adviser to King

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and he escorted him, both to the Guadalupe interview (where Sebastian met his uncle, King

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) and to the Portuguese campaign to

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. George was killed in the

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, together with the King, in 1578. Before, he had married Madalena Girón, sister of the Spanish 1st Duke of Ossuna, from whom he had a single daughter: * Juliana of Lencastre, 3rd Duchess of Aveiro, married to

Álvaro of Lencastre, 3rd Duke of Aveiro Álvaro of Lencastre (1540–1626) was the son of Afonso of Lencastre, second son of infante George of Lencastre, 2nd Duke of Coimbra. Disputed inheritance When George of Lencastre, 2nd Duke of Aveiro died, in 1578 in the Battle of Alcácer ...

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Genealogy of George of Lencastre, 2nd Duke of Aveiro, in Portuguese

Bibliography

* ”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil” – Vol. II, page 343. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989. {{DEFAULTSORT:George Of Lencastre

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Portuguese nobility 1548 births 1578 deaths 16th-century Portuguese people

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