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

Duke of Braganza The title Duke of Braganza ( pt, Duque de Bragança) 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 P ...

, 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 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

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. Their first child, Jaime of Braganza, died without issue in 1578, in the

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. 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

External links

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1510 births 1563 deaths 16th-century Portuguese people {{Portugal-hist-stub Portuguese nobility