Infante Fernando, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso

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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)
Arms of Ferdinand of Portugal, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso.
Arms of Ferdinand of Portugal, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso.

The Infante Fernando, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso (15071534; pron. IPA[fɨɾ'nɐ̃du]; English: Ferdinand) was a Portuguese infante son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife Maria of Aragon.

Ferdinand was born in Abrantes on June 5, 1507. He was made Duke of Guarda by his father. He was also Duke of Portugal and Lord of Alfaiates, Sabugal and Abrantes, and Mayor of Trancoso, Lamego and Marialva.

He married in 1530 to Guiomar Coutinho, 5th Countess of Marialva and Loule. The couple settled in Abrantes, when their two children were born: a daughter, Luiza, born in 1531, and a son, born on 1 August 1533 and died shortly after his birth.

Luisa, his only surviving child, died on October 1534. Ferdinand himself died one month later, on November 7, 1534 in Abrantes, and is buried in the Church of Saint Dominique of Abrantes. His widow, Guiomar, died one month later, on 9 December[1].

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  1. ^ I50591: Guyomare de Coutinho
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