Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Guarda

Infante Ferdinand
Duke of Guarda
Born5 June 1507
Abrantes, Kingdom of Portugal
Died7 November 1534(1534-11-07) (aged 27)
Abrantes, Kingdom of Portugal
Burial
Church of Saint Dominique of Abrantes
SpouseGuiomar Coutinho
IssueInfanta Luisa
HouseAviz
FatherManuel I of Portugal
MotherMaria of Aragon

Ferdinand of Portugal, Duke of Guarda (Portuguese: Fernando, Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃du]; 5 June 1507 – 7 November 1534) was a Portuguese infante (prince), the son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife, Maria of Aragon.

Biography

Ferdinand was born in Abrantes on 5 June 1507.[1][2] He was Lord of Alfaiates, Sabugal and Abrantes, and Mayor of Trancoso, Lamego and Marialva.

On 5 October 1530, Ferdinand was made Duke of Guarda by his brother, John III.[1] He married Guiomar Coutinho, 5th Countess of Marialva and 3rd Countess of Loulé, a rich heiress from a Portuguese noble family.[1][2] 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.[1] He is buried in the Church of Saint Dominique of Abrantes. His widow, Guiomar Coutinho, died one month later, on 9 December.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Pereira, Esteves; Rodrigues, Guilherme (1904). Portugal : diccionario historico, chorographico, heraldico, biographico, bibliographico, numismatico e artistico (in Portuguese). Vol. 3. Lisboa: J. Romano Torres. p. 385.
  2. ^ a b McMurdo, Edward (1889). The history of Portugal, from the Commencement of the Monarchy to the Reign of Alfonso III. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. p. 114. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Emanuel I." . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  4. ^ a b c d Liss, Peggy K. (10 November 2015). Isabel the Queen: Life and Times. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 11. ISBN 9780812293203.
  5. ^ a b Stephens, Henry Morse (1903). The Story of Portugal. G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 139. ISBN 9780722224731.
  6. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ferdinand V. of Castile and Leon and II. of Aragon" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  7. ^ a b Isabella I, Queen of Spain at the Encyclopædia Britannica
Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Guarda
Cadet branch of the House of Burgundy
Born: 1507 Died: 1534
Portuguese nobility
New title
Duke of Guarda
1530–1534 		Title extinct