Predecessor Jaime I Successor Joao I | Issueamong others... Joao I Name Teodosio Duke | |
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Tenure 20 September 1532 – 22 September 1563 Spouse Isabel of LencastreBeatriz of Lencastre | ||
Dom Teodósio I of Braganza (Portuguese: Teodósio de Bragança; 1510 – 22 September 1563) was the 5th Duke of Braganza, 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 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 I 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.