Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira
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Isabel Luísa | |||||
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Princess of Beira | |||||
Portrait of Infanta Isabel Luísa by Duprà, 1725 | |||||
Born | Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal | 6 January 1669||||
Died | 21 October 1690 Palhavã, Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal | (aged 21)||||
Burial | Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty | ||||
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House | House of Braganza | ||||
Father | Peter II of Portugal | ||||
Mother | Maria Francisca of Savoy | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Infanta Isabel Luísa of Portugal (6 January 1669 – 21 October 1690) was a Portuguese infanta and the sole daughter of Peter II of Portugal and his first wife and former sister-in-law Maria Francisca of Savoy. She was the heir presumptive to the throne of Portugal between 1668 and 1689, when her half-brother John was born.[1] As such, she was styled Princess of Beira.
Biography[]
Isabel Luísa was the only child of Peter II of Portugal and his first wife, the French born Princess Marie Françoise of Savoy. She was born at the Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, in 1669.[citation needed]
Marriage prospects[]
It was planned that she would marry Victor Amadeus II of Savoy, a first cousin through her aunt Marie Jeanne, Duchess of Savoy, then regent for her son. The marriage was opposed by most of the Savoyard court as it meant that Victor Amadeus would live in Portugal and his mother would remain in power. But that plan was not implemented.
Other proposed candidates included Gian Gastone de' Medici (future Grand Duke of Tuscany), le Grand Dauphin son of Louis XIV, Charles II of Spain, the Duke of Parma as well as a Count Palatine of Neuburg.[citation needed] Nothing came of these plans. For this she was nicknamed Sempre-noiva, "Always-engaged".
Death and burial[]
She died of smallpox at in 1690, when she was 21 years old. Isabel Luísa is buried at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon after being moved from the Convent of the Francesinhas.
Ancestry[]
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References[]
- ^ "HEIRESSES TO THRONES". www.guide2womenleaders.com. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- Princesses of Beira
- Portuguese royalty
- People from Lisbon
- 1668 births
- 1690 deaths
- 17th-century Portuguese people
- 17th-century Portuguese women
- Burials at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora
- House of Braganza
- Deaths from smallpox
- Heirs apparent who never acceded