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Dona Isabel of Braganza (1514 – 16 September 1576) was a member of the House of Braganza , daughter of Jaime, Duke of Braganza (a nephew of Manuel I of Portugal ) and Eleanor of Mendoza.
Marriage
Isabel married her cousin Infante Duarte a son of Manuel I and Maria of Aragon in 1537. Isabel was dowried with the Dukedom of Guimarães , which had belonged to her brother Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza . After the marriage, Infante Duarte became the 4th Duke of Guimarães.
Her younger daughter Catherine became the Duchess of Braganza and had a claim to the throne of Portugal. She was also part of the succession crisis.
Issue
This marriage produced three children:
Ancestry
Family of Isabel of Braganza, Duchess of Guimarães
16. Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza 8. Fernando I, 2nd Duke of Braganza 17. Beatriz Pereira de Alvim 4. Fernando II, 3rd Duke of Braganza 18. João de Castro, Lord of Cadaval 9. Joana de Castro 19. Leonor da Cunha 2. James, 4th Duke of Braganza 20. Edward of Portugal 10. Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu 21. Eleanor of Aragon 5. Isabella of Viseu 22. Infante João, Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz 11. Infanta Beatrice of Portugal 23. Isabella of Barcelos 1. Isabella of Braganza 24. Juan Alonso de Guzmán, 1st Duke of Medina Sidonia 12. Enrique de Guzmán, 2nd Duke of Medina Sidonia 25. Isabel Fonseca 6. Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia 26. Per Afan de Ribera y Portocarrero, 1st Count of los Molares 13. Leonor Afan de Ribera y Mendoza 27. María de Mendoza y Figueroa, Countess of los Molares 3. Leonor de Mendoza 28. Pedro Fernandez de Velasco, 1st Count of Haro 14. Pedro Fernandez de Velasco, 2nd Count of Haro 29. Beatriz Manrique de Lara y Castilla 7. Isabel Fernandez de Velasco 30. Iñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana 15. Mencía de Mendoza 31. Catalina Suárez de Figueroa
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Members of the Ducal House
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Roderigo, 1st Marquis of Ferreira
Jorge Alberto, 1st Count of Gelves
Beatriz, Duchess of Coimbra
Joana, Countess of Vimioso
Maria, Countess of Portalegre
Filipe
Jaime I
Dinis, Count of Lemos
Margarida
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John I
Jaime
Isabel, Duchess of Caminha
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Maria
Serefina
Teodósio II
Duarte, 1st Marquise of Frechilla
Alexandre, Archbishop of Évora
Querubina
Angélica
Maria
Isabel
Filipe
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John II
Duarte, 1st Lord of Vila do Conde
Catarina
Alexandre
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