Ana de Velasco y Girón

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.

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
Spouse	Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza
Issue	John IV, King of Portugal Edward, Lord of Vila do Conde Catherine of Braganza Alexandre of Braganza
House	Frías
Father	Juan Fernández de Velasco, 5th Duke of Frías
Mother	Maria 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

Biography

She was the daughter of Juan Fernández de Velasco, 5th Duke of Frías and his wife, María Tellez-Girón, the 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:

• John II, 8th Duke of Bragança (1604–1656), crowned King as John IV of Portugal on 1 December 1640;
• Edward of Braganza (1605–1649), Lord of Vila do Conde;
• Catherine of Braganza (1606–1610);
• Alexandre of Braganza (1607–1637);

Death

She died in Vila Viçosa at the age of 22. Her body was buried in Convento das Chagas, Vila Viçosa, Portugal.^[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ana de Velasco y Girón

8. Juan de Velasco y Tovar, 1st Marquis of Berlanga 4. Íñigo de Velasco y Girón, 4th Duke of Frías 9. María Girón y Guzmán 2. Juan de Velasco y Guzmán, 5th Duke of Frías 10. Juan Alonso de Guzmán y Zúñiga, 6th Duke of Medina Sidonia 5. Ana de Guzmán y Aragón 11. Ana de Aragón y Gurrea 1. Ana de Velasco y Girón 12. Juan Téllez-Girón y Velasco, 4th Count of Ureña 6. Pedro Téllez-Girón y la Cueva, 1st Duke of Osuna 13. María de la Cueva y Toledo 3. María Téllez-Girón y Guzmán 14. Juan Alonso de Guzmán y Zúñiga, 6th Duke of Medina Sidonia (= 10) 7. Leonor de Guzmán y Aragón 15. Ana de Aragón y Gurrea (= 11)