João Manuel (bishop of Guarda)
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João Manuel (Lisbon, c. 1416 – December 1476) was a religious Carmelite, Bishop of Ceuta (1443-1459) and Bishop of Guarda (1459-1476). Although some genealogists claimed that he was the son of Edward, King of Portugal[1] and Joana Manuel de Vilhena, great-granddaughter of Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena, Anselmo Braamcamp Freire dismisses such filiation and provides sufficient arguments against it.[2]
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João Manuel joined the Carmelites in 1441 to become provincial of the Order in Portugal.[1] He was made titular Bishop of Tiberias at the same time by Pope Eugene IV.[3] He was also the ambassador to Hungary.[1] In 1443, he was appointed Bishop of Ceuta[3] and primate of Africa. In 1450, he became chaplain to King Afonso V of Portugal.[1] Finally, in 1459, he was appointed Bishop of Guarda,[1] a town in which he never actually lived.[3]
From a relationship he had with a Justa Rodrigues, he had two sons, who served Alfonso V and John II of Portugal during their reigns:[3] João Manuel (1466-1500), mayor of Santarém, and Nuno Manuel (1469- after 1500), Lord of Salvaterra de Magos.
He is buried at the Carmo Church (Portuguese: Igreja do Carmo) located at the Carmo Convent (Portuguese: Convento da Ordem do Carmo), a medieval convent later ruined in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.