Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso

Infante Ferdinand
Duke of Guarda and Trancoso
Spouse	Guiomar Coutinho
Issue
Infanta Luisa
House	House of Aviz-Beja
Father	Manuel I of Portugal
Mother	Maria of Aragon
Born	(1507-06-05)5 June 1507 Abrantes, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	7 November 1534(1534-11-07) (aged 27) Abrantes, Kingdom of Portugal
Burial	Church of Saint Dominique of Abrantes
Religion	Roman Catholicism

The Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso, (1507–1534; Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃du]; Portuguese: Fernando) was a Portuguese infante (prince), the son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife, Maria of Aragon.

Biography

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

He married, in 1530, Guiomar Coutinho, 5th Countess of Marialva and 3rd Countess of Loulé, a rich heiress from a Portuguese noble family. The marriage was arranged by King John III of Portugal, Ferdinand's older brother. The couple settled in Abrantes, where their two children were born: a daughter, Luisa (born in 1531), and a son, born on 1 August 1533, who died shortly after his birth.

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

See also

• Descendants of Manuel I of Portugal

Ancestors

16. John I of Portugal (= 20)

8. Edward of Portugal

17. Philippa of Lancaster (= 21)

4. Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu

18. Ferdinand I of Aragon (= 24)

9. Eleanor of Aragon

19. Eleanor of Alburquerque (= 25)

2. Manuel I of Portugal

20. John I of Portugal (= 16)

10. Infante João, Lord of Reguengos (= 30)

21. Philippa of Lancaster (= 17)

5. Infanta Beatriz of Portugal

22. Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza

11. Isabella of Braganza (= 31)

23. Beatriz Pereira de Alvim

1. Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso

24. Ferdinand I of Aragon (= 18)

12. John II of Aragon

25. Eleanor of Alburquerque (= 19)

6. Ferdinand II of Aragon

26. Frederick Henriques, Conde de Melgar

13. Juana Enríquez

27. Mariana de Córdoba

3. Maria of Aragon

28. Henry III of Castile

14. John II of Castile

29. Katherine of Lancaster

7. Isabella I of Castile

30. Infante João, Lord of Reguengos (= 10)

15. Isabella of Portugal

31. Isabella of Braganza (= 11)

See also

• Duke of Guarda
• Count of Loulé
• Count of Marialva

External links

• Genealogical information on Infante Fernando, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso

Notes

Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso House of Aviz Born: 1507 Died: 1534
Portuguese nobility
New title	Duke of Guarda and Trancoso 1530–1534	Title extinct