Dom Teodósio I of Braganza (; 1510 – 22 September 1563) was the 5th
Duke of Braganza
The title Duke of Braganza () in the House of Braganza is one of the most important titles in the peerage of Portugal. Starting in 1640, when the House of Braganza acceded to the throne of Portugal, the male heir of the Portuguese Crown were ...
, among other titles. He is known for ceding the title of
Duke of Guimarães to
Infante Duarte of Aviz, alongside some of the wealth and properties of the
House of Braganza
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.
Biography
The Duke Teodósio I was an educated and refined man, a typical
Renaissance
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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
Dinis, 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
Duke of Caminha.
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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1510 births
1563 deaths
16th-century Portuguese people
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