Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal

Margaret of Savoy
Margaret of Savoy, Duchess consort of Mantua and Montferrat (oil by Frans Pourbus)
Duchess consort of Mantua and Montferrat
Tenure9 February 1612 – 22 December 1612
Vicereine of Portugal
Tenure23 December 1634 – 1 December 1640
SovereignPhilip IV
PredecessorDiogo de Castro
Born(1589-04-28)28 April 1589
Turin, Duchy of Savoy
Died26 June 1655(1655-06-26) (aged 66)
Miranda de Ebro, Kingdom of Spain
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1608; died 1612)
IssueMaria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat
HouseSavoy
FatherCharles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy
MotherCatherine Micaela of Spain

Margaret of Savoy (28 April 1589 – 26 June 1655) was the last Habsburg Vicereine of Portugal from 1634 to 1640. In Portuguese she is known as Duquesa de Mântua, being by marriage the Duchess of Mantua and Montferrat. She was also regent of Montferrat during the minority of her daughter from 1612.


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