Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães

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Portuguese royalty
House of Aviz-Beja

Manuel I Children include    Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal and of Asturias    João, Prince of Portugal (future John III)    Isabella, Holy Roman Empress    Infanta Beatriz, Duchess of Savoy    Infante Luís, Duke of Beja    Infante Fernando, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso    Cardinal-Infante Afonso    Henry I    Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães    Infanta Maria, Lady of Viseu Grandchildren include    Philip II of Spain and I of Portugal)    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    Ranuccio I Farnese of Parma Great-Great-Grandchildren include    John II, Duke of Braganza (future John IV) John III Children include    Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal and of Asturias    João Manuel, Prince of Portugal Grandchildren include    Sebastião, Prince of Portugal (future Sebastian I)    Carlos, Prince of Asturias Sebastian Henry Anthony (disputed king)

The Infante Duarte, 4th Duke of Guimarães (pron. IPA: [du'aɾt(ɨ)]; English: Edward) (Lisbon, October 7, 1515 – Lisbon, September 20, 1540) was a Portuguese infante; the sixth son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his wife Maria of Aragon.

In 1537 he married Isabel of Braganza, daughter of James, 4th Duke of Braganza, who was dowried as the Duchess of Guimaraes in her own right.

This marriage produced three children:

• Infanta Maria of Guimarães (1538-1577), married Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza.
• Infanta Catarina of Guimarães (1540-1614), Duchess of Braganza, married to John, 6th Duke of Braganza, she was a claimant of the throne of Portugal in 1580 (See: 1580 Portuguese succession crisis).
• Infante Duarte, 5th Duke of Guimarães (1541-1576)

He is buried in the Monastery of Jerónimos in Lisbon.