Infanta Antónia of Portugal
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Infanta Antónia | |||||
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Hereditary Princess of Romania | |||||
Princess of Hohenzollern | |||||
Tenure | 2 June 1885 – 8 June 1905 | ||||
Born | Belém Palace, Lisbon, Portugal | 17 February 1845||||
Died | 27 December 1913 Sigmaringen, German Empire | (aged 68)||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue | William, Prince of Hohenzollern Ferdinand I of Romania Prince Karl Anton | ||||
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House | Braganza[1] | ||||
Father | Ferdinand II of Portugal | ||||
Mother | Maria II of Portugal | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Infanta Antónia of Portugal (or of Braganza; Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniɐ]; Antónia María Fernanda Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Francisca de Assis Ana Gonzaga Silvéria Júlia Augusta de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança; 17 February 1845 – 27 December 1913) was a Portuguese infanta (princess) of the House of Braganza,[1] daughter of Queen Maria II of Portugal and her King consort Ferdinand II of Portugal. Through her father, she also held the titles of Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duchess of Saxony.
Life[]
Antónia was born in 1845 at the Palace of Belém, she was the sixth child of twelve, and the third girl. She married Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen on 12 September 1861. They had three sons;
- William (1864–1927), who succeeded as Prince of Hohenzollern; married (1) Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (2) Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria
- Ferdinand (1865–1927), later King of Romania; married Princess Marie of Edinburgh
- Karl Anton (1868–1919), married Princess Josephine Caroline of Belgium
Antónia of Braganza died in the German Empire in 1913.
Honours[]
- Kingdom of Portugal:[2]
- Kingdom of Prussia:[2]
- Austria-Hungary: Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross, 1st Class[2]
- Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order[2]
- Kingdom of Romania: Dame of the Decoration of the Cross of Queen Elisabeth[2]
- Spain: Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa, 23 October 1855[4]
Ancestry[]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "While remaining patrilineal dynasts of the duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha according to pp. 88, 116 of the 1944 Almanach de Gotha, Title 1, Chapter 1, Article 5 of the 1838 Portuguese constitution declared, with respect to Ferdinand II of Portugal's issue by his first wife, that 'the Most Serene House of Braganza is the reigning house of Portugal and continues through the Person of the Lady Queen Maria II'. Thus their mutual descendants constitute the Coburg line of the House of Braganza"
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Preußen (1908), Genealogy p. 6
- ^ Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), 3, Berlin, 1877, p. 1255 – via hathitrust.org
- ^ "Real orden de Damas Nobles de la Reina Maria Luisa". Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish). 1887. p. 166. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- 1845 births
- 1913 deaths
- People from Lisbon
- Portuguese infantas
- Portuguese royalty
- House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Princesses of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Dames of the Order of Saint Isabel
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa
- 19th-century Portuguese people
- 19th-century German women