Ana de Velasco y Girón

Ana de Velasco y Téllez-Girón
Ana de Velasco y Téllez-Girón, in 1603 (by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz)
Born(1585-03-12)12 March 1585
Naples, Italy
Died(1607-11-07)7 November 1607
Vila Viçosa
SpouseTeodósio II, Duke of Braganza
IssueJohn IV, King of Portugal
Edward, Lord of Vila do Conde
Catherine of Braganza
Alexandre of Braganza
HouseFrías
FatherJuan Fernández de Velasco, 5th Duke of Frías
MotherMaria Tellez-Giron
The ducal coat of arms of the Andalusian dukes of Osuna, after the Portuguese Secession of 1640 from the Spanish Habsburg, reminding their linkage to the new Portuguese Royal House of Braganza – the first Braganza king, John IV of Portugal (1603–1656), was the son of Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza, (1568–1630) and Ana de Velasco y Girón, older daughter of Juan Fernández de Velasco, 5th Duke of Frías (1550–1634), and granddaughter of Pedro Téllez-Girón, 1st Duke of Osuna and Viceroy of Naples

Ana de Velasco y Téllez-Girón (1585 – 7 November 1607) was a Spanish noblewoman and mother of John IV of Portugal, the first Portuguese King of the Braganza Dynasty.

She was the daughter of Juan Fernández de Velasco, 5th Duke of Frías and María Tellez-Girón, daughter of Andalusian Duke of Osuna, Pedro Téllez-Girón, 1st Duke of Osuna

Marriage and issue

She married on 17 June 1603, Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza and had 4 children:

She died in Vila Viçosa at the age of 22.

Ancestry