Infante Fernando, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso
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infante (prince), the son of King Manuel I of Portugal
Manuel I of Portugal
Manuel I , the Fortunate , 14th king of Portugal and the Algarves was the son of Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, , by his wife, Infanta Beatrice of Portugal...
and his second wife, Maria of Aragon
Maria of Aragon (1482-1517)
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Ferdinand was born in Abrantes
Abrantes
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on 5 June 1507. At birth, he was made Duke of Guarda
Duke of Guarda
The title of Duke of Guarda was granted by a royal decree dated from October 5, 1530, by King John III of Portugal to his younger brother, Infante Ferdinand....
by his father. He was also Duke of Trancoso, Lord of Alfaiates, Sabugal
Sabugal
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and Abrantes
Abrantes
Abrantes is a municipality in Portugal, with a population of 41,560 inhabitants, located on the southern margin of the Tagus River.-History:...
, and Mayor of Trancoso
Trancoso
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, Lamego
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and Marialva
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He married, in 1530, Guiomar Coutinho, 5th Countess of Marialva
Count of Marialva
Count of Marialva was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, issued in 1440, by King Afonso V of Portugal, and granted to Vasco Fernandes Coutinho, 3rd...
and 3rd Countess of Loulé
Count of Loulé
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, a rich heiress from a Portuguese noble family. The marriage was arranged by King John III of Portugal
John III of Portugal
John III , nicknamed o Piedoso , was the fifteenth King of Portugal and the Algarves. He was the son of King Manuel I and Maria of Aragon, the third daughter of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile...
, 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
Abrantes
Abrantes is a municipality in Portugal, with a population of 41,560 inhabitants, located on the southern margin of the Tagus River.-History:...
. He is buried in the Church of Saint Dominique of Abrantes. His widow, Guiomar Coutinho, died one month later, on 9 December.