'Ana de Velasco y Girón' (
1585 -
Vila Viçosa November 7 1607) was a Spanish noblewoman and mother to
João IV of Portugal, the first King of the Portuguese restoration.
She was the daughter of
Juan Fernández de Velasco, 5th Duke of Frias and Maria Tellez-Giron.
She married on June 17, 1603
Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza and had 4 children :
★
João II, 8th Duke of Bragança (1604-1656), crowned king João IV of Portugal in
December 1 1640
★ Duarte of Bragança (1605-1649), master of
Vila do Conde
★ Catarina of Bragança (1606-1610)
★ Alexandre of Bragança (1607-1637)
She died at the age of 22.
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