Person:George of Lencastre, 1st Duke of Torres Novas (1)

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Name Jorge de Lencastre, 1º Duque de Torres Novas
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 1594 Vila Fresca de Azeitão, Setúbal, Portugal
Marriage to Ana Manrique de Cádenas (add)
Death[1] 1632 Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Reference Number? Q5546694?


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Jorge de Lencastre, or George of Lencastre (Azeitão, 1594 – Lisbon, 1632) was the older son of Dom Álvaro and Juliana of Lencastre, 3rd Dukes of Aveiro.

As heir of the Dukes of Aveiro, he was 3rd Marquis of Torres Novas and, due to King Philip I's special grant, he also became the 1st Duke of Torres Novas.

However, he never inherited the Dukedom of Aveiro, once he died before his mother.

He married twice:

  • in 1619, with Ana Dória Colonna (who died in 1620, daughter of André Dória, 3rd Prince of Melfi. They had no issue.
  • the 2nd marriage with Ana Manrique de Cádenas (who died in Madrid in 1660) daughter of the Spanish 3rd Dukes of Maqueda. They had four children:
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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 George of Lencastre, 1st Duke of Torres Novas, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. Sousa, António Caetano de. Historia genealogica da Casa Real Portugueza: desde a sua origem até o presente, com as Familias illustres, que procedem dos Reys, e dos Serenissimos Duques de Bragança : justificada com instrumentos, e escritores de inviolavel fé. (Lisboa Occidental: Joseph Antonio da Sylva, impressor da Academia Real, 1735-1749)
    11:109-119.