| Infanta Maria Ana of Braganza | |||||
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 Portrait by Vieira Lusitano | |||||
| Born | (1736-10-07)7 October 1736 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal | ||||
| Died | 16 May 1813(1813-05-16) (aged 76) Rio de Janeiro, State of Brazil | ||||
| Burial | Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty | ||||
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| House | House of Braganza | ||||
| Father | Joseph I of Portugal | ||||
| Mother | Mariana Victoria of Spain | ||||
Maria Ana of Braganza (Maria Ana Francisca Josefa Rita Joana; 7 October 1736 – 16 May 1813), was a Portuguese infanta daughter of King Joseph I of Portugal and his wife Mariana Victoria of Spain.
Biography
The infanta was born in Lisbon on October 7, 1736, and was the second of four daughters of Joseph I.
She was considered a potential bride for Louis, Dauphin of France, but her mother refused to consent to the marriage because of her own history, having been bethrothed by Louis XV, who had broken their engagement and sent her back from France. She never married, but engaged in her interests in the arts and in the rebuilding of the famous covent school Convento do Desagravo do Santíssimo Sacramento in Lisbon, which had been destroyed in the famous earthquake of 1757, and which she was able to re-inaugurate in 1783.
She escaped from mainland Portugal with her family when Napoleon Bonaparte ordered the invasion of Portugal. Like her sister the queen, she suffered from a mental illness during her last years, and was cared for in Brazil by her sister Benedita, who lived with her. She died in Rio de Janeiro on May 16, 1813, and was moved to Lisbon.
References
- Paulo Drumond Braga: A princesa na sombra : D. Maria Francisca Benedita, 1746-1829
- Paulo Drumond Braga: A princesa na sombra : D. Maria Francisca Benedita, 1746-1829
- Paulo Drumond Braga: A princesa na sombra : D. Maria Francisca Benedita, 1746-1829
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| The generations indicate descent form Afonso I, and continues through the House of Aviz, the House of Habsburg through Infanta Isabel, Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Spain, and the House of Braganza through Infanta Catarina, Duchess of Braganza. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| * also an infanta of Spain and an archduchess of Austria, ** also an imperial princess of Brazil, *** also a princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess in Saxony, ◙ Also a princess of Braganza, ƒ title of pretense | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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