Infante Luís, Duke of Beja

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John I
Children
   Infante Duarte (future Edward I)
   Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra
   Henry the Navigator (Infante Henrique, Duke of Viseu)
   Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy
   Infante João
   Infante Fernando, the Saint Prince
   Afonso, Duke of Braganza (illegitimate)
   Beatriz, Countess of Arundel (illegitimate)
Grandchildren include
   Infanta Isabel of Coimbra, Queen of Portugal
Edward
Children
   Infante Afonso (future Afonso V)
   Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu
   Infanta Leonor, Holy Roman Empress
   Infanta Catarina
   Infanta Joana, Queen of Castile
Grandchildren include
   Infante Manuel, Duke of Beja (future Manuel I)
   Infanta Leonor of Viseu, Queen of Portugal
Afonso V
Children include
   Blessed Joana, Crown Princess of Portugal
   Infante João (future John II)
John II
   Afonso, Crown Prince of Portugal
   Jorge, Duke of Coimbra (illegitimate)
Manuel I
Children include
   Miguel da Paz, Crown Prince of Spain and Portugal
   Infante João (future John III)
   Infanta Isabel, Holy Roman Empress
   Infanta Beatriz, Duchess of Savoy
   Infante Luís, Duke of Beja
   Infante Fernando, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso
   Infante Cardinal Afonso
   Infante Cardinal Henrique (future Henry I)
   Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães
   Infanta Maria
Grandchildren include
   Philip II of Spain (future Philip I of Portugal)
   António, Prior of Crato (future Anthony I) (illegitimate)
   Infanta Maria of Guimarães, Duchess of Parma and Piacenza
   Infanta Catarina of Guimarães, Duchess of Braganza
Great-Grandchildren include
   Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza
   Rannuccio Farnense of Parma
Great-Great-Grandchildren include
   John II, Duke of Braganza (future John IV of Portugal)
John III
Children include
   Infanta Maria Manuela, Princess of Asturias
   João, Crown Prince of Portugal
Grandchildren include
   Infante Sebastião (future Sebastian I)
   Carlos, Prince of Asturias
Sebastian
Henry
Anthony (disputed king)
Infante Luís, Duke of Beja.
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Infante Luís, Duke of Beja.

Luís, Duke of Beja (pron. IPA: [lu'iʃ]; French: Louis; English: Lewis) (Abrantes, March 3, 1506Lisbon, November 27, 1555) was the second son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife Maria of Aragon, princess of Spain (Catholic Kings' third daughter), and therefore a Portuguese prince (Portuguese: Infante).

Luís succeeded his father as the fifth Duke of Beja and was also made general of the Kingdom (Portuguese: Condestável do Reino) and Prior of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, with its Portuguese headquarters in the town of Crato.

He did not marry but had a natural son of Violante Gomes: António, Prior of Crato, later legitimated. António would be one of the claimants to the throne after the disaster of Alcácer Quibir and subsequent death of King Sebastian of Portugal and the dynastic crisis that followed, and, according to some historians, the 18th King of Portugal during the year of 1580.

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