Duke of Beja (in Portuguese Duque de Beja) was an aristocratic Portuguese title with the level of Royal Dukedom, associated with the Portuguese Royal House, created in 1453, by King Afonso V of Portugal for his younger brother Infante Ferdinand of Portugal.
Infante Ferdinand younger son, became King of Portugal as Manuel I and, until the 19th Century, this title was associated to the 2nd male child of the monarch.
With Queen Maria II of Portugal,...
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Duke of Beja (in Portuguese Duque de Beja) was an aristocratic Portuguese title with the level of Royal Dukedom, associated with the Portuguese Royal House, created in 1453, by King Afonso V of Portugal for his younger brother Infante Ferdinand of Portugal.
Infante Ferdinand younger son, became King of Portugal as Manuel I and, until the 19th Century, this title was associated to the 2nd male child of the monarch.
With Queen Maria II of Portugal, the monarch's 2nd male child became Duke of Porto, and the 3rd male child would be Duke of Beja.
List of Portuguese Dukedoms
”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. II, pages 409/410. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.
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