''Dom'' Raimundo of Lencastre ( ? – Cadiz, 1666) was the older son of

George of Lencastre, 1st Duke of Torres Novas Jorge de Lencastre, or George of Lencastre ( Azeitão, 1594 – Lisbon, 1632) was the older son of Dom Álvaro and Juliana of Lencastre, 3rd Dukes of Aveiro. As heir of the Dukes of Aveiro, he was 3rd Marquis of Torres Novas and, due to King P ...

, and grandson of Álvaro and Juliana of Lencastre, 3rd

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. Once his father died before his grandmother, in 1632, he succeed him as heir of the House of Aveiro, as 4th

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and 2nd

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. He also became 4th Duke of Aveiro when his grandmother, the 3rd Duchess, died in 1636. When the Braganzas expelled the

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from the

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, in 1640, he was nominee member of the Portuguese State Council. However, after 1659, he fled to

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, in

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, and from there he travelled to

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, where he supported the

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rights to the throne of

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. He was quite welcomed in

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by King

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, who granted him the new Spanish title of

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, but, in spite his mother and

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also lived in Madrid, he didn't feel comfortable among the conservative

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. Meanwhile, in Portugal, Dom Raimundo of Lencastre was condemn for treason (in 1663) and the King of Portugal, John IV, confiscated the Dukedom and granted it to Raimundo's uncle, Peter of Lencastre, a Braganza supporter, who was recognised as 5th Duke of Aveiro and 5th Marquis of Torres Novas. In 1665, the Spanish tried a last effort to conquer Portugal and ''Dom'' Raimundo advised a simultaneous naval expedition, leaving from Cadiz, against the Portuguese cost, which he led. The expedition was not successful and Raimundo died in Cadiz in 1666. He had married Louise Claire of Ligne (1640–1684), daughter of

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. They had no issue. Raimundo had three natural children: *Pedro of Lencastre, who died fighting in

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; *Genebra Simões, with issue known today in Portugal (family Meireles Garrido); *Micaela Maria de Mendonça († 1718 in Torres Vedras), married to João Boto Pimentel Côrte-Real (1642–1715), with known issue.

Titles

*In

–

(1632–1636),

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 ...

(1636–1663). *In

– Duke of Ciudad Real, Duke of Maqueda, Marquis of Montemayor, Marquis of Elche, Captain-General of the Ocean Armada and Mayor of the city of Toledo.

External links

Genealogy of Raimundo of Lencastre, 4th Duke of Aveiro, in Portuguese

Bibliography

* ”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil” – Vol. II, pages 344 and 345; Vol. III, pages 446 and 447. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lencastre, Raimundo Of, 4th Duke Of Aveiro 104

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Aveiro 1666 deaths Year of birth unknown