in life when, at the age of 67, he pursued (and married) a 16-year-old girl, Filipa de Melo (daughter of Dom Fernando de Lima). King John III gave great publicity to the scandal, while, behind Jorge's back, securing an annulment from the pope. When Jorge de Lancastre finally died in late July 1550, John III moved quickly to seize control of the military orders. From Pope Julius III, he received a bull in August 1550 appointing him personally as the master of both the Order of Santiago and the Order of Aviz. This was followed up by a second bull, issued under great diplomatic pressure in December 1551, appointing the Kings of Portugal as masters in perpetuity of both military orders, thus bringing an end to the independence of the orders Jorge had fought so hard to retain. At Jorge's death, John III took back the title of 'Duke of Coimbra' for the Crown. The official explanation was that Coimbra was a royal town and the existence of a feudal title bearing the town's name was inappropriate. The real reason was probably that the king was eager to erase a title that had been borne by two notable challengers of royal power, a name that might still have a magical pull on the imagination of the next bearer. The lands associated with the Duke of Coimbra were passed to the Duke of Aveiro, a new title created by John III shortly before (c. 1535) for Jorge's son and heir, João de Lancastre. The line of Lancastre would continue through the Dukes of Aveiro. Marriage In 1500, Jorge married Beatriz de Vilhena, daughter of Álvaro of Braganza, brother of Ferdinand II, Duke of Braganza. Jorge had several children from his marriage with Beatriz de Vilhena: João de Lencastre, 1st Duke of Aveiro Afonso de Lancastre, Comendador-mor of São Tiago. He had a son: Álvaro of Lencastre, 3rd Duke of Aveiro Luís de Lancastre, Comendador-mor of Aviz, married Magdalena de Granada, granddaughter of Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of Granada and Isabel de Solís Jaime de Lancastre, Prior of São Pedro de Torres Vedras, 1st General-inquisitor of the kingdom Helena de Lancastre, Comendadeira of the Royal Monastery of Santos Maria de Lancastre, religious in the Monastery of Saint John in Setúbal (Soror Maria Madalena) Filipa de Lancastre, prioress of the Monastery of Saint John in Setúbal Isabel de Lancastre, religious in the Monastery