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Ferdinand of Portugal, Duke of Guarda (Portuguese: Fernando, Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃du]; 5 June 1507 – 7 November 1534) was a Portuguese infante (prince), the son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife, Maria of Aragon.
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- Guiomar Coutinho
Whatever the truth of this, it is certain that Infante Ferdinand was the sole bearer of the title of Duke of Guarda. According to the will of his father, King Manuel I , Infante Ferdinand was intended to marry the rich and prestigious heiress Dona Guiomar Coutinho, 5th Countess of Marialva and 3rd Countess of Loulé .
Whatever the truth of this, it is certain that Infante Ferdinand was the sole bearer of the title of Duke of Guarda. According to the will of his father, King Manuel I, Infante Ferdinand was intended to marry the rich and prestigious heiress Dona Guiomar Coutinho, 5th Countess of Marialva and 3rd Countess of Loulé.
Ferdinand of Portugal, Duke of Guarda, (5 June 1507 – 7 November 1534; Portuguese: Fernando; Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃du]) was a Portuguese infante (prince), the son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife, Maria of Aragon.
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Born at the El Escorial near Madrid, Spain in 1609a, he was the son of the King of Spain and Portugal, Philip III and II and Margaret of Austria, sister of Emperor Ferdinand II. His older siblings were King Philip IV and III and the French queen Anne of Austria. As his father wished that he pursue an ecclesiastical career, Ferdinand was elevated to the Primacy of Spain in 1619, becoming Archbishop of Toledo. Shortly afterwards he was created Cardinal. The style Cardinal-Infante was a combinat...
Events leading to the Battle of Nördlingen
In 1630 the Cardinal Infante's aunt Isabella Clara Eugenia planned to make him her successor as governor of the Spanish Netherlands. To move to the Netherlands in a style befitting a governor, a strong army had to accompany him. Travel by ship from Spain was not an option as it would expose him to risk of battle with the Dutch navy in the then ongoing Eighty Years' War, so in 1633, he went to Genoa, having quit his governorship of Catalonia where he had been trained. He met with an army from...
Battle of Nördlingen
Meanwhile, Ferdinand of Hungary was able to defeat the Swedish army at Regensburg in July 1634. Ferdinand and his cousin the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand then raced to merge their armies. The Swedish forces of Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar and Gustaf Horn desperately tried to prevent this merger, but were unable to catch up with Ferdinand of Hungary. The Cardinal-Infante crossed the Danube in August 1634. In September both armies were able to merge, and camped south of Nördlingen in Swabia. At that t...
Ferdinand was never heavily invested in religion, he was forced into the role under the wish of his father, Philip III, as a Spanish tradition of sending one son to the church. He was essentially good at anything else but religion.[page needed] It was during his short yet highly successful military career that he was finally able to achieve the mil...
Ferdinand fell ill during battles in 1641, and died on 9 November 1641 in Brussels at age 32. It was thought that death was caused by exhaustion combined with ill health. Reports talk about a stomach ulcer, but rumors also claimed that he was poisoned. Before his death he had an illegitimate daughter, Marie Anne de la Croix, born in Brussels in 164...
Sources
1. Benavides López-Escobar, José Ignacio (2021). El Cardenal Infante (La esperanza frustrada de la monarquía hispánica, 1609-1641). La Esfera de los Libros. ISBN 978-8491648659. 2. De Aedo Y Gallart, D. (1635). El memorable y glorioso viaje del infante cardenal D. Fernando de Austria. 3. González de León, Fernando (2009). The Road to Rocroi: Class, Culture and Command in the Spanish Army of Flanders, 1567-1659. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004170827. 4. Griffis, William Elliot (1919). Belgium: the...
Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy". Genealogy.EU.- 29 July 1619
- 9 November 1641
- Cardinal-Deacon
Infante Ferdinand Duke of Guarda: Born 5 June 1507 Abrantes, Kingdom of Portugal: Died 7 November 1534 (aged 27) Abrantes, Kingdom of Portugal: Burial Church of Saint Dominique of Abrantes: Spouse Guiomar Coutinho Issue Infanta Luisa House: House of Aviz: Father
Ferdinand of Portugal, Duke of Guarda (Portuguese: Fernando, in Portuguese pronounced as /fɨɾˈnɐ̃du/; 5 June 1507 – 7 November 1534) was a Portuguese infante (prince), the son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife, Maria of Aragon.
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