List dukes of Bragance

The line of the dukes of Bragance ( Bragança in Portuguese) finds its origin in the king de Portugal Jean Ier (1357-1433), known as the Prince of Bonne Memory , which had had, ten years before its marriage in 1387 with Philippa of England (1360-1415), English princess, girl of the duke of Lancaster, a relation followed with Inês Pires, from which at least three children come. Jean Ier, bastard of king Pierre Ier, was at the time Master about Aviz, an order of knighthood, whose wishes prevented it from marrying.

For the elder one of these children, and the only boy, already created count de Barcelos at the time of his marriage, the town of Bragance was later set up in duchy in 1442, on the initiative of his half-brother infant it Pierre of Portugal (1392-1449), said the prince of the Seven Parts of the world , regent of Portugal in the name of his nephew and beu-wire Alphonse V. the immense goods of this new House came by the marriage from the first duke with the only girl and heiress from Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira, count de Barcelos, said the Saint Constable, the winner of the dynasty former to Aljubarrota (béatifié later by Rome, it is also the stock of the dukes of Cadaval, resulting from Bragance them also, and which always bear its name). The duchy of Bragance is one of the first Portuguese duchies, title reserves in Portugal until the XIXe century with the males of royal line. Only duchies of Coimbra, of infant Pierre the Regent, and that of Viseu, of their brother Infant Henri, the Navigator, are older. All, they are exclusive titles of the royal House of Portugal.

1442 - 1461: Alphonse Ier de Bragance (1377-1461)
Wire illegitimate of king Jean Ier of Portugal and Agnes Pires (Inês Worse)
1er 1st duke of Bragance (1442-1461)

1461 - 1478: Ferdinand Ier de Bragance (1403-1478)
Wire of the duke Alphonse Ier and his first wife Beatrice Pereira de Alvim (dead in 1420)
2e duke of Bragance (1461-1478)

1478 - 1483: Ferdinand II of Bragance (1430-1483)
Wire of the duke Ferdinand Ier and of Jeanne of Castro (dead in 1479), lady of Cadaval
3e duke of Bragance (1478-1483). Having plotted with his cousins kings Catholiques of Aragon and Castille against the king Jean II of Portugal (1455-1495), he was decapitated, and exproprié of all his goods, incomes with the Crown.

1483 - 1532: Jacques Ier de Bragance (1479-1532)
Wire of the duke Ferdinand II and his second wife Isabelle of Portugal (1459-1521)
4e duke of Bragance (1483-1532). He was recognized heir to Portugal under his uncle king Emmanuel Ier the Fortunate one, a grandson of Bragance itself, from by his mother, who makes it return from exile and restored in all the goods, titles and prerogatives of her fathers.

1532 - 1563: Théodose Ier de Bragance (front 1512-1563)
Wire of the duke Jacques Ier and his first wife Éléonore de Guzmán (dead in 1512)
5e duke of Bragance (1532-1563)

1563 - 1583: Jean Ier de Bragance (front 1547-1583)
Wire of the duke Théodose Ier and Isabelle de Bragance (1514-1558)
6e duke of Bragance (1563-1583)

1583 - 1630: Théodose II of Bragance (1568-1630)
Wire of the duke Jean Ier and Infante Catherine of Portugal (1540-1614) (1540-1614)
7e duke of Bragance (1583-1630)

1630 - 1640: Jean II of Bragance (1604-1656)
Wire of the duke Théodose II and of Anne de Velasco (dead in 1607)
8e duke of Bragance (1630-1640) then king de Portugal (1640-1656) under the name of Jean IV of Portugal known as Jean Rétablisseur .

The title and the immense incomes of the duchy of Bragance were then given to all the crown princes to the fourth Portuguese dynasty, who did not carry it however, being known as prince of Brazil (immediate successor) and prince da Beira (the heir to the successor). In 1831, the ex-king of Portugal and ex-emperor of Brazil, Pierre IV and Ier, after having abdicated the two crowns, decided it to carry, which it made as regent of Portugal until his death in 1834, at the end of the Portuguese civil war. The title is currently carried by the chief of the house of Portugal, whose immediate successor carries that of prince de Beira: it will be in its turn duke of Bragance with died of his father. I.e. the title identifies today that which would reign in Portugal if monarchy were restored.

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