Person:George of Lencastre, 2nd Duke of Aveiro (1)

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Jorge de Lencastre, 2º Duque de Aveiro
b.1548
d.4 Aug 1578
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  1. Jorge de Lencastre, 2º Duque de Aveiro1548 - 1578
  2. Pedro Dinís de Lencastre
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  • H.  Jorge de Lencastre, 2º Duque de Aveiro1548 - 1578
  • W.  Madalena Girón (add)
  1. Juliana de Lencastre, 3º Duquesa de Aveiro1560 - 1636
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Name Jorge de Lencastre, 2º Duque de Aveiro
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1548
Marriage to Madalena Girón (add)
Death[1][2] 4 Aug 1578
Reference Number Q5546700 (Wikidata)


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Jorge de Lencastre, or George of Lencastre (1548–1578), was the older son of Dom John of Lencastre, 1st Duke of Aveiro and of his wife Juliana de Lara, daughter of the 3rd Marquis of Vila Real.

Until his father's death, he used the title of Marquis of Torres Novas, and also succeeded him as 2nd Duke of Aveiro in 1571.

He was a close adviser to King Sebastian I of Portugal and he escorted him, both to the Guadalupe interview (where Sebastian met his uncle, King Philip II of Spain) and to the Portuguese campaign to Morocco. George was killed in the Battle of Alcácer Quibir, together with the King, in 1578.

Before, he had married Madalena Girón, sister of the Spanish 1st Duke of Ossuna, from whom he had a single daughter:

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 George of Lencastre, 2nd Duke of Aveiro, 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)
    11:67-73.
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