Ferdinand of Portugal, Duke of Guarda (, ; 5 June 1507 – 7 November 1534) was a Portuguese ''

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'' (prince), the son of King

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and his second wife, Maria of Aragon.

Biography

Ferdinand was born in

Abrantes Abrantes () is a concelho, municipality in the central Médio Tejo Subregion, Médio Tejo subregion of Portugal. The population was 39,325, in an area of . The municipality includes several parishes divided by the Tagus River, which runs through ...

on 5 June 1507. He was Lord of

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and

, and Mayor of Trancoso,

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and

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. On 5 October 1530, Ferdinand was made

Duke of Guarda __NOTOC__ The title of Duke of Guarda (in Portuguese, ''Duque da Guarda'') was granted by a royal decree dated from October 5, 1530, by King John III to his younger brother, Infante Ferdinand. Some authors say the Infante was also made Duke of ...

by his brother, John III. He married

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, 5th Countess of Marialva and 3rd Countess of Loulé, a rich heiress from a Portuguese noble family. The marriage was arranged by John III. The couple settled in Abrantes, where their two children were born: a daughter, Luisa (born in 1531), and a son, born on 1 August 1533, who died shortly after his birth. Luisa, his only surviving child, died in October 1534. Ferdinand himself died one month later, on 7 November 1534, in Abrantes. He is buried in the Church of Saint Dominique of Abrantes. His widow, Guiomar Coutinho, died one month later, on 9 December.

Ancestry

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