The Dukes of Torres Novas

Torres Novas

Torres Novas is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 270.0 km² and a total population of 37,155 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 17 parishes, and is located in the district of Santarém. The city of Torres Novas has about 15,000 inhabitants. This city has a castle...

(in Portuguese Duque de Torres Novas) was an aristocratic

Nobility

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 Portuguese

Portugal

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 title

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 granted by King Philip II of Portugal, also known as Philip III of Spain

Philip III of Spain

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, by a royal decree of September 26, 1619, to George of Lencastre, 1st Duke of Torres Novas

George of Lencastre, 1st Duke of Torres Novas

Dom Jorge de Lencastre, or George of Lencastre was the older son of Álvaro and Juliana of Lencastre, 3rd Dukes of Aveiro....

, who died before his parents, Juliana and Álvaro of Lencastre of Lencastre, 3rd Dukes of Aveiro

Álvaro of Lencastre, 3rd Duke of Aveiro

Álvaro of Lencastre was the son of Afonso of Lencastre, second son of infante George of Lencastre, 2nd Duke of Coimbra.- Disputed Inheritance :...

.

The title

Title

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 of Duke of Torres Novas (originally Marquis of Torres Novas

Marquis of Torres Novas

The title Marquis of Torres Novas was created by royal decree, dated from March 27, 1520, by King Manuel I of Portugal, to Dom John of Lencastre , eldest son of Infante George, Duke of Coimbra....

) was subsidiary to the title of Duke of Aveiro

Duke of Aveiro

The Royal Dukedom of Aveiro was an aristocratic Portuguese title, granted in 1535 by King John III of Portugal to his 4th cousin, John of Lencastre, son of Infante George of Lencastre, a natural son of King John II of Portugal....

, and was used by the House of Aveiro heir during his father's life.

List of the Dukes of Torres Novas

1. George of Lencastre, 1st Duke of Torres Novas
   George of Lencastre, 1st Duke of Torres Novas
   Dom Jorge de Lencastre, or George of Lencastre was the older son of Álvaro and Juliana of Lencastre, 3rd Dukes of Aveiro....
   
    (1594-1632), also known as 3rd Marquis of Torres Novas
   Marquis of Torres Novas
   The title Marquis of Torres Novas was created by royal decree, dated from March 27, 1520, by King Manuel I of Portugal, to Dom John of Lencastre , eldest son of Infante George, Duke of Coimbra....
   
    died before his mother, Juliana of Lencastre, 3rd Duchess of Aveiro, therefore never became Duke of Aveiro
   Duke of Aveiro
   The Royal Dukedom of Aveiro was an aristocratic Portuguese title, granted in 1535 by King John III of Portugal to his 4th cousin, John of Lencastre, son of Infante George of Lencastre, a natural son of King John II of Portugal....
   
   ;
2. Raimundo of Lencastre, 4th Duke of Aveiro
   Raimundo of Lencastre, 4th Duke of Aveiro
   Dom Raimundo of Lencastre was the older son of George of Lencastre, 1st Duke of Torres Novas, and grandson of Álvaro and Juliana of Lencastre, 3rd Dukes of Aveiro....
   
    (1620-1666), son of the previous Duke. He was 2nd Duke of Torres Novas
   Torres Novas
   Torres Novas is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 270.0 km² and a total population of 37,155 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 17 parishes, and is located in the district of Santarém. The city of Torres Novas has about 15,000 inhabitants. This city has a castle...
   
   , from 1632 to 1636, when he succeeded to his grand mother Juliana of Lencastre, 3rd Duchess of Aveiro.

External links

• Genealogy of the Dukes of Torres Novas in Portuguese