Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja

Luísof Portugal
Duke of Beja

Born	Abrantes, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	Marvila, Kingdom of Portugal
Issue	António, Prior of Crato Juan Gomez de Portugal Joanes Gomez de Portugal
House	House of Aviz
Father	Manuel I of Portugal
Mother	Maria of Aragon
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Infante Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (3 March 1506, in Abrantes – 27 November 1555, in Marvila, in Lisbon) was the second son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife Maria of Aragon (the third daughter of the Catholic Monarchs). He participated in the Conquest of Tunis.

Early life

Luís in the Triptych of the Infantes; by the Master of Lourinhã, 1516.

Luís succeeded his father as the Duke of Beja and was also made Constable of the Kingdom (Portuguese: Condestável do Reino) and Prior of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, with its Portuguese headquarters in the town of Crato.

Conquest of Tunis

In the Conquest of Tunis (1535) Luís, brother-in-law of Charles V, commanded the Portuguese army. The Portuguese galleon São João Baptista, also known as Botafogo was specifically requested by Charles V, and it was the most powerful ship in the world at the time, with 366 bronze cannons. It was the Botafogo spur ram that broke up the chains at La Goletta, which defended the port entrance of Tunis, allowing the Christian allied fleet to reach and conquer the city.^[1]

Family

He did not marry but had a natural son by Yolande (Violante) Gomes, a Pelicana (the she-pelican), a New Christian, who is said to have died a Nun in Almoster, Santarém, on 16 July 1568, daughter of Pedro Gomes, from Évora. Some say they eventually married perhaps at Évora, thus legitimating their issue for every purpose.

Their son António, Prior of Crato, would be one of the claimants to the throne after the disaster of Alcácer Quibir and subsequent death of King Sebastian of Portugal and the dynastic crisis that followed, and, according to some historians, the King of Portugal for approximately a month in the year 1580. They may have also had other sons named Juan Gomez de Portugal (1536-1610), and Joanes Gomez de Portugal (b.1540). Juan would become one of the founders of Villa de Santa María de los Lagos, Nueva Galicia (later renamed Lagos de Moreno) in present day Jalisco, Mexico on 31 March 1563.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja

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 Barcelos (= 31)

23. Beatriz Pereira de Alvim

1. Luís of Portugal

24. Ferdinand I of Aragon (= 18)

12. John II of Aragon

25. Eleanor of Alburquerque (= 19)

6. Ferdinand II of Aragon

26. Fadrique Enríquez de Mendoza

13. Juana Enríquez

27. Mariana Fernández de Córdoba y Ayala

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 Barcelos (= 11)

Bibliography

”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil” – Vol. I, pages 382/384. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.

References

↑ Panorama (1841) Vol.5 , pp.384.

Infantes of Portugal

The generations indicate descent from Afonso I, and continues through the House of Aviz, the House of Habsburg through Infanta Isabel, Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Spain, and the House of Braganza through Infanta Catarina, Duchess of Braganza.

1st generation	Infante Henrique Sancho I Infante João

2nd generation	Infante Raimundo Afonso II Infante Pedro, Count of Urgell Infante Fernando, Count of Flanders Infante Henrique

3rd generation	Sancho II Afonso III Infante Fernando, Lord of Serpa Infante Vicente

4th generation	Infante Roberto Infante Fernando Dinis I Infante Afonso, Lord of Portalegre Infante Vicente

5th generation	Afonso IV Infante Afonso, Lord of Leiria

6th generation	Infante Afonso Infante Dinis Pedro I Infante João

7th generation	Infante Luís Fernando I Infante Afonso Infante João, Duke of Valencia de Campos Infante Dinis, Lord of Cifuentes

8th generation	Infante Pedro Infante Afonso (1382) Infante Afonso (1390–1400) Duarte I Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra Infante Henrique, Duke of Viseu Infante João, Constable of Portugal Infante Fernando

9th generation	Infante João Afonso V Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu Infante Duarte Infante Pedro, Constable of Portugal Infante João, Prince of Antioch Cardinal-Infante Jaime of Coimbra Infante Diogo, Constable of Portugal

10th generation	João, Prince of Portugal João II Infante João, Duke of Viseu Infante Diogo, Duke of Viseu Infante Duarte of Viseu Infante Dinis of Viseu Infante Simão of Viseu Infante Afonso of Viseu Manuel I

11th generation	Afonso, Prince of Portugal Infante João Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal and Asturias* João III Infante Luís, Duke of Beja Infante Fernando, Duke of Guarda Cardinal-Infante Afonso Henrique I (The Cardinal-King) Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães Infante António Infante Carlos

12th generation	Afonso, Prince of Portugal Manuel, Prince of Portugal Filipe, Prince of Portugal Infante Dinis João Manuel, Prince of Portugal Infante António Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães

13th generation	Sebastião I Carlos, Prince of Portugal and Asturias§# Diogo, Prince of Portugal and Asturias§# Filipe II§# Manuel, Hereditary Prince of Portugalƒ

14th generation	Filipe III§# Infante Carlos§# Cardinal-Infante Fernando§# Infante Alfonso Mauricio§#

15th generation	Baltasar Carlos, Prince of Portugal and Asturias§# Infante Francisco Fernando§# Teodósio, Prince of Brazil Afonso VI Pedro II

16th generation	João, Prince of Brazil João V Infante Francisco, Duke of Beja Infante António Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém

17th generation	Pedro, Prince of Brazil José I Infante Carlos Pedro III Infante Alexandre

18th generation	None

19th generation	José, Prince of Brazil Infante João (1762) Infante João Francisco João VI

20th generation	Francisco António, Prince of Beira Pedro I of Brazil & IV of Portugal Miguel I Infante Pedro Carlos§

21st generation	Miguel, Prince of Beira João Carlos, Prince of Beira Infante Miguel, Duke of Braganza Infante Sebastião§

22nd generation	Pedro V¶ Luís I¶ Infante João, Duke of Beja¶ Infante Fernando¶ Infante Augusto, Duke of Coimbra¶ Infante Leopoldo¶ Infante Eugénio¶ Infante Miguel, Duke of Viseu Infante Francisco José Infante Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza

23rd generation	Carlos I¶ Infante Afonso, Duke of Porto¶ Infante Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza Infante Miguel, Duke of Viseu Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra

24th generation	Luís Filipe, Prince Royal¶ Manuel II¶ Infante Afonso, Prince of Beira Infante Dinis, Duke of Porto

* also an infante of Castile and León, Aragon, Sicily and Naples, § also an infante of Spain, # also an archduke of Austria, ‡ also an imperial prince of Brazil, ¶ also a prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke in Saxony ƒ claimant infante

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