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Alvaro de Bragança y Castro 1439–1503 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1439

Birth Location: Portugal

Death Date: 23 SEP 1503

Death Location: Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Espanha

Father: Fernando Bragança

Mother: Joana Giron

Spouse(s): Felipa Meneses

Children(s): Rodrigo Melo, Isabela Melo, Brites Bragança, Joana Vilhena, Jorge Melo, María Melo

Alvaro de Bragança y Castro was born in 1439 in Portugal, the child of Fernando I De Braganca And Joana De Castro Acuna Giron. Alvaro de Bragança y Castro married Felipa Villena De Melo Y Meneses, and had children including Brites Braganca, Isabela De Portugal Y Melo, Joana De Vilhena, Jorge Alberto De Portugal I Melo, Maria De Portugal Y Melo, Rodrigo De Melo. Alvaro de Bragança y Castro passed away in 1503 in Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Espanha.

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Biography

  • Alvaro de Bragança y Castro was born in 1439 in Portugal, the child of Fernando I De Braganca And Joana De Castro Acuna Giron.
  • Alvaro de Bragança y Castro married Felipa Villena De Melo Y Meneses, and had children including Brites Braganca, Isabela De Portugal Y Melo, Joana De Vilhena, Jorge Alberto De Portugal I Melo, Maria De Portugal Y Melo, Rodrigo De Melo.
  • Alvaro de Bragança y Castro passed away in 1503 in Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Espanha.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Alvaro Castro's Ancestors

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Alvaro Castro
1439–1503
Birth Place: Portugal
Parents
Fernando I de Bragança
1403–1478
Barcelos, Braga, Portugal
Joana (de Castro, Acuña) Giron
1410–1479
Cadaval, Lisboa, Portugal
Grandparents
Afonso I
1377–1461
Veiros, Estremoz, Évora, Portugal
Beatriz (Pereira de) Alvim
1380–1414
Vila Real, Portugal
João (de Castro) Meneses
1380–1415
Portugal
Leonor (da Cunha i) Girón
1378–
Great-Grandparents
João Portugal
1357–1433
Inés Esteves
1357–1457
Nuno Pereira
1360–1431
Leonor Alvim
1356–
Pedro León
1360–1422
Leonor Meneses
1360–1410
Martim Cunha
1357–1416
Teresa Girón
1360–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Pedro Portugal
1320–1367
Teresa Lourenco
1330–1358
Pedro Esteves
1333–
Maria Maceiro
1336–
Álvaro Pereira
1327–1375
Marinha Gonçalves
1335–1376
João Alvim
1320–1359
Branca Coelho
1322–
Álvar Castro
1320–1384
María Jerica
1332–1380
João Menezes
1321–1384
Guiomar Villalobos
1312–1404
Leonor Soalhães
1337–1380

Alvaro Castro's Descendants

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Alvaro (de Bragança y) Castro (1439–23 SEP 1503) m. Felipa (Villena de Melo y) Meneses (1460–)
  1. 1. Rodrigo (de) Melo 1480–1545 m. Brites (de Meneses) Almada 1490–1585 m. Leonor (de Almeida y) Pereira 1485–1525
    1. 1. Pedro (de Mello) Bragança 1525–
      1. 1. Beatriz (de Mello) Bragança 1568–1626 m. Mateus (Fernandes) Canhoto 1565–1626
        1. 1. Manuel (de) Melo 1596–1662 m. Iria Cotta 1602–
        2. 2. Maria (de) Mello 1589– m. Bartolomeu (Gonçalves) Corvelo 1590–
        3. 3. Antonio (de) Mello 1600–
    2. 2. Maria (Meneses) Mello 1535–1605 m. Constantino (de Braganza y) Mendonça 1528–1575
    3. 3. Alvaro Mello 1540–
  2. 2. Isabela (de Portugal y) Melo 1480– m. Alonso (de Sotomayor y Enríquez de) Velasco 1481–
  3. 3. Brites Bragança 1483–1535 m. Jorge (do) Lencastre 1481–1550
  4. 4. Joana (de) Vilhena 1488–1559 m. Francisco (Luís de) Portugal 1480–1549
  5. 5. Jorge (Alberto de Portugal i) Melo 1490–1543 m. Guiomar (de Atayde y) Silva 1486– m. Isabel (Colón de) Toledo 1513–1551
  6. 6. María (de Portugal y) Melo 1490– m. Joao (da Silva) Meneses 1479–

Alvaro Castro's Timeline

2 Records

1439
1439
Birth of Alvaro de Bragança y Castro in Portugal
Portugal
1503
23 SEP 1503
Age 64
Death of Alvaro de Bragança y Castro in Segovia, Segovia, Castilla y León, España
Segovia, Segovia, Castilla y León, España

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1439
    Event Place: Portugal

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 SEP 1503
    Event Place: Segovia, Segovia, Castilla y León, España

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Espanha

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