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Infante António
Portrait of Infante António of Portugal; 1740.
Born
15 March 1695 Lisbon
Died
20 October 1757 Lisbon
Burial
Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty
Names
António Francisco Xavier Benedito Teodósio Leopoldo Henrique
Infante António of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu]) (Lisbon, 15 March 1695 - Lisbon, 20 October 1757) was a Portugueseinfante (prince), the third surviving son of Peter II, King of Portugal, and his wife Maria Sophia of Neuburg.
António Francisco Xavier Benedito Teodósio Leopoldo Henrique was born in Lisbon on March 15, 1695.
Death[]
He died unmarried and without legitimate issue in the same city on October 20, 1757 and is buried at the Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty, in Lisbon. Through his natural son, Duarte, he is an ancestor of famous Brazilian lawyer and writer José de Alencar.
* also an infante of Castile and León, Aragon, Sicily and Naples,§ also an infante of Spain and an archduke of Austria,# also an infante of Spain,‡ also an imperial prince of Brazil,¶ also a prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke in Saxony,◙ also a prince of Braganza,¤ title removed in 1920 as their parents' marriage was deemed undynastic,ƒ claimant infante
Generations indicate descent from Afonso, Duke of Braganza, founder of the House of Braganza, until João II, Duke of Braganza, the first Braganza monarch of Portugal; italics indicate a head of the House
Generations indicate descent from John IV, King of Portugal, formerly John II, Duke of Braganza, the first Braganza monarch of Portugal, until Manuel II, King of Portugal, the last monarch of Portugal, excluding the Miguelist line; italics indicate a head of the House
