Person:Peter of Lencastre, 5th Duke of Aveiro (1)

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Pedro de Lencastre, 5º Duque de Aveiro
b.1608 Vila Fresca de Azeitão, Setúbal, Portugal
d.23 Apr 1673 Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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  1. Isabel de Lencastre1590 -
  2. Violante de Lencastre1593 -
  3. Jorge de Lencastre, 1º Duque de Torres Novas1594 - 1632
  4. Afonso de Lencastre1597 - 1654
  5. João de Lencastre1598 -
  6. Madalena de Lencastre1599 -
  7. Luísa de Lencastre1600 -
  8. Manuel de Lencastre1601 -
  9. Maria de Lencastre1602 -
  10. Violante de Lencastre1604 -
  11. Mariana de Lencastre1606 -
  12. Pedro de Lencastre, 5º Duque de Aveiro1608 - 1673
  13. Luís de Lencastre1609 - 1673
  14. Antonio de Lencastre1611 -
  15. Brites de Lencastre - 1673
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Name Pedro de Lencastre, 5º Duque de Aveiro
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1608 Vila Fresca de Azeitão, Setúbal, Portugal
Death[1][2] 23 Apr 1673 Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Reference Number? Q5412800?


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Pedro de Lencastre, or Peter of Lencastre (Azeitão, 1608 – Lisbon, 1673), was the youngest son of Álvaro and Juliana of Lencastre, 3rd Dukes of Aveiro.

He studied theology in the University of Coimbra and he became successively Bishop of Guarda, Archbishop of Évora and Archbishop of Braga.

In spite of the Portuguese revolution against the Spanish Habsburgs, his nephew, Raimundo of Lencastre, 4th Duke of Aveiro actively supported the rights of the Habsburg Kings and, in 1663, the new King of the Braganza Dynasty, John IV, decided to confiscate the Dukedom.

However, Peter of Lencastre, a Braganza supporter, requested the cancellation of this decision and, finally in 1668, he was recognised as 5th Duke of Aveiro and Marquis of Torres Novas.

Later the same year, when the peace between Portugal and Spain was signed, Peter's niece, Maria de Guadalupe of Lencastre, sister and heir of the 4th Duke, requested the cancellation of the decision that granted the Dukedom of Aveiro to her uncle, in order to obtain it for herself.

Due to Peter of Lencastre's death in 1673, Maria de Guadalupe of Lencastre, still living in Spain, was recognised as the new Duchess of Aveiro on condition she would return to Portugal.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Peter of Lencastre, 5th 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)
    11:147-158.
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