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{{Infobox royalty
| name            =Jaime
| image           =Jaime I Braganca.jpg
| caption         =''D. Jaime I''; [[Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa]]
| succession      =[[Duke of Braganza]]
| reign = 20 June 1483 – 20 September 1532
| reign-type = Tenure
| predecessor =[[Fernando II, 3rd Duke of Braganza|Fernando II]]
| successor = [[Teodósio I, 5th Duke of Braganza|Teodósio I]]
| spouse = {{ubl | Leonor Pérez de Guzmán | Joana of Mendoça }}
| issue = {{plainlist|
* [[Isabel of Braganza, Duchess of Guimarães|Isabel, Duchess of Guimarães]]
* [[Teodósio I, 5th Duke of Braganza]]
* Joana, Marchioness of Elche
* Jaime of Braganza
* Eugénia, Marchioness of Ferreira
* Maria of Braganza
* [[Constantino of Braganza|Constantino, 7th Viceroy of India]]
* Fulgêncio of Braganza
* Teotónio, Archbishop of Évora
* Vicência of Braganza
}}
| house = [[House of Braganza]]
| father          =[[Fernando II, Duke of Braganza]]
| mother          =[[Isabella of Viseu]]
| birth_date   =1479
| birth_place  = [[Castelo de Vila Viçosa|Vila Viçosa Castle]], Alentejo, [[Kingdom of Portugal]]
| death_date   =20 September 1532
| death_place  = [[Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa]], Alentejo, Kingdom of Portugal
|}}
'''Jaime of Braganza''' (1479 – 20 September 1532) was the 4th [[Duke of Braganza]] and the 2nd [[Duke of Guimarães]], among other titles. He is known for reviving the wealth and power of the [[House of Braganza]] which had been confiscated by King [[John II of Portugal]].
== Life ==
Born in 1479, Jaime I of [[Bragança, Portugal|Braganza]] was young when he witnessed the arrest and execution of his father, [[Fernando II, Duke of Braganza]], and of his uncle, [[Infante Diogo, Duke of Viseu|Diogo, Duke of Viseu and Duke of Beja]]. They were both executed for treason when King John II discovered a plot among the nobility against the Crown. After his father's death, Jaime's family, the House of Braganza, were banished to [[Crown of Castile|Castile]] and their properties and vast wealth were seized by the Portuguese Crown.
After King John II's death in 1495, the throne passed to his first cousin, King [[Manuel I of Portugal]]. In 1498, King Manuel I, having been a powerful nobleman before his ascension to the throne, forgave the House of Braganza and welcomed them back to Portugal. He returned all their possessions and then some, but demanded devout loyalty from Duke Jaime of Braganza. Seeking to demonstrate the power of the House of Braganza after his wealth was returned, Jaime declined to live at [[Castelo de Vila Viçosa|Vila Viçosa Castle]] (owing to its association with his father's betrayal and murder) and built the [[Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa]] as his seat. It was a sumptuous Portuguese Renaissance palace in the [[Alentejo]] province of Portugal.
== Royal favour ==
Later in 1498, King Manuel I was to go on a diplomatic journey to [[Crown of Castile|Castile]]. This was shortly after Portugal had witnessed a succession crisis, and the King, who had no heirs, saw to it that Parliament (the Cortes) named Jaime, son of his sister [[Isabella of Viseu]], as heir presumptive to the throne of Portugal.
Duke Jaime married Leonor Pérez de Guzmán, daughter of [[Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia]]. She was murdered in 1512 by order of Jaime who suspected her of adultery. King Manuel I decided that his nephew Jaime, in order to escape imprisonment for this crime, would have to prepare and fully finance a fleet to conquer the city of [[Azamor]], on the [[Morocco|Moroccan]] Atlantic coast. The city was easily conquered by the Duke's forces and he returned to Portugal forgiven and a hero.
==Marriages and children==
In 1500, Jaime of Braganza had married Leonor Pérez de Guzmán, daughter of [[Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia]]. They had two children before she was murdered in 1512.
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|[[Isabella of Braganza, Duchess of Guimarães|Isabella of Braganza]]||1510||16 September 1576||Married [[Infante Edward, 4th Duke of Guimarães|Duarte I, Duke of Guimarães]]
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|[[Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza|Teodósio I of Braganza]]||1503||22 September 1563||12th [[Count of Barcelos]], 9th [[Count of Ourém]], 6th [[Count of Arraiolos]] and [[Count of Neiva|Neiva]], 5th [[Duke of Braganza]], 4th [[Marquis of Vila Viçosa]]
|}
In 1520, Jaime I married Joana of Mendoça, daughter of Diogo of Mendonça, High-Alcaide of Mourão. They had eight children, most of whom saw successful lives.
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! style="width:20%;"|Name!! style="width:15%;"|Birth!! style="width:15%;"|Death!! style="width:50%;"|Notes
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|Joana of Braganza||1521||1588||Married Bernardino de Cardenas, 3rd Marquis of Elche
|-
|Jaime of Braganza||1523||1562||Clergyman
|-
|Eugénia of Braganza||1525||1559||Married Francisco de Melo, 2nd [[Marquis of Ferreira]]
|-
|Maria of Braganza||1527||1586||Abbess at the Monastery of the Five Wounds of Vila Viçosa
|-
|[[Constantino of Braganza]]||1528||1575||7th [[List of governors of Portuguese India|Viceroy of India]], 9th [[List of colonial governors of Cape Verde|Captain of Ribeira Grande]]
|-
|Fulgêncio of Braganza||1529||1582||Grand-Prior of the Collegiate of Guimarães
|-
|Teotónio of Braganza||1530||1602||[[Archbishop of Évora]], [[Roman Catholicism in Morocco|Bishop of Fez]], parliamentary member of the [[Portuguese Cortes]] of Tomar (1581) and Lisbon (1583)
|-
|Vicência of Braganza||1532||1603||Abbess at the Monastery of the Five Wounds of Vila Viçosa
|}
==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Jaime, Duke of Braganza'''
|2= 2. [[Fernando II, Duke of Braganza]]
|3= 3. [[Isabel of Viseu]]
|4= 4. [[Fernando I, Duke of Braganza]]
|5= 5. [[Joana de Castro, 3rd Lady of Cadaval]]
|6= 6. [[Fernando, Duke of Viseu]]
|7= 7. [[Beatriz of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu|Beatriz of Portugal]]
|8= 8. [[Afonso, Duke of Braganza]]
|9= 9. [[Beatriz Pereira de Alvim]]
|10= 10. João de Castro, 2nd Lord of Cadaval
|11= 11. Leonor da Cunha
|12= 12. [[Edward I of Portugal]]
|13= 13. [[Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal|Eleanor of Aragon]]
|14= 14. [[John, Constable of Portugal]]
|15= 15. [[Isabel of Barcelos]]
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==See also==
*[[List of dukes of Braganza]]
==Bibliography==
*”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil” – Vol. II, page 442 to 445. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.
==External links==
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