Maria de Guadalupe de de Lencastre
6th Duquesa de Aveiro
(1630–1715)

Biographical

6th Duquesa de Aveiro 1679–1715†
1st Duquesa de Aveyro 1681–1715† [Spain]
9th Duquesa de Maqueda, Grandee of Spain, 1666–1715†
4th Duquesa de Torres Novas 1673
2nd Duquesa de Ciudad Real 1666
10th Marquesa de Elche 1666

After her son Raimundo, 4th Duke of Aveiro, fell from favour, the Duchess of Torres Novas was exiled from Portugal, and her daughter, Maria Guadalupe, accompanied her to Castile. When Raimundo died and peace was established between Spain and Portugal, Maria Guadalupe sought to reclaim the Aveiro estate and brought a lawsuit in Lisbon against her uncle, Pedro, the 5th Duke. The case was eventually decided in her favour in 1679, on the condition that she return to Portugal, establish her permanent residence there and pay homage to the Portuguese monarch before taking possession of the estate and its residence. Unable to persuade her husband to agree to the move, she legally separated from him so that she could return to Portugal.

Place of birth: Azeitão

Daughter of Jorge de Lencastre and Ana María Manrique de Cárdenas, she was married in 1666 to Manuel Ponce de León, with issue