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Teodósio I of Braganza ( pt, Teodósio de Bragança; 1510 – 22 September 1563) was the 5th

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, among other titles. He is known for ceding the title of

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to Infante Duarte of Aviz, alongside some of the wealth and properties of the

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Biography

The Duke Teodósio I was an educated and refined man, a typical

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prince. He loved painting and sculpture.

Marriage and Issue

In 1542, he married his 1st cousin Isabel of Lencastre (1513–1558), daughter of his uncle

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, and had John (João) I of Braganza, who succeeded him as 6th Duke of Braganza. In 1559, he remarried with Beatriz of Lencastre (1542–1623), granddaughter of Infante George of Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra. Their first child, Jaime of Braganza, died without issue in 1578, in the Battle of Alcacer Quibir. Their second child, Isabel, married the 1st

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Ancestry

Bibliography

*"Nobreza de Portugal e Brasil" Vol. II, page 445. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon, 1989.
Genealogy of Duke Teodósio I of Braganza (in Portuguese)
*VILA-SANTA, Nuno, "O Duque como conselheiro: D. Teodósio e a Coroa em meados de Quinhentos

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