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Miguel Januário de Bragança
Duke of Braganza (miguelist)
Miguelist pretender to the Portuguese throne
Tenure	14 November 1866 – 31 July 1920
Predecessor	Miguel I
Successor	Duarte II
Born	(1853-09-19)19 September 1853 Kleinheubach, Bavaria, German Confederation
Died	11 October 1927(1927-10-11) (aged 74) Seebenstein, Austria
Spouses	Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis ​ ​(m. 1877; died 1881)​ Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg ​ ​(m. 1893)​
Issue	Prince Miguel, Duke of Viseu Prince Francisco José Maria Teresa, Princess Karl Ludwig of Thurn and Taxis Isabel Maria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis Princess Maria Benedita Princess Mafalda Maria Ana, Princess Karl August of Thurn and Taxis Princess Maria Antónia of Braganza, Mrs. Chanler Princess Filipa Prince Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza Princess Maria Adelaide, Mrs. van Uden
House	Braganza
Father	Miguel I of Portugal
Mother	Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Religion	Catholic
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Prince Miguel Januário of Braganza (Portuguese: [miˈɣɛl]; full name Miguel Maria Carlos Egídio Constantino Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga Francisco de Paula e de Assis Januário de Bragança; 19 September 1853 – 11 October 1927) was the Miguelist claimant to the throne of Portugal from 1866 to 1920. He used the title Duke of Braganza.

Early life

Miguel Januário was born in Castle Kleinheubach, near Miltenberg, Kingdom of Bavaria, on 19 September 1853 during the exile in Germany of his father, former King Miguel I of Portugal and the Algarves. His mother was Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. He was a grandson of King John VI of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves and his wife, Queen Carlota Joaquina.

By the Portuguese law of banishment of 1834 and the constitution of 1838, King Miguel was forbidden to enter Portugal. Therefore, he was educated in the German Confederation and in Austria-Hungary.

Career

He was a member of the staff of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and took part in the Austro-Hungarian campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878. It is said that the Emperor liked Miguel Januário immensely and granted him the privilege of extraterritoriality that allowed him to remain Portuguese, despite the rejection of Portugal. His second son, Prince Francisco José of Braganza, was named after the Austrian Emperor, who was his godfather.

Miguel Januário held the rank of a colonel in the 7th Austrian Regiment of Hussars. During World War I, he held the rank of Lieutenant General (Feldmarschalleutnant) in the Austro-Hungarian Army. He resigned in 1917 when Portugal entered the conflict on the opposite side, and spent the rest of the war as a civilian in the Order of Malta. After the end of Austria-Hungary, Miguel Januário and his family were thrown into relative poverty.

On 31 July 1920, after quarrels with his eldest son (who contracted a controversial marriage to an American heiress), Miguel Januário renounced his claims as King of Portugal in favour of his third son, Duarte Nuno, who was 13 years old at the time.

Marriages and children

Miguel Januário was first married to Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (May 28, 1860 – February 7, 1881), the niece of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, on 17 October, 1877 in Regensburg. They had three children:

• Dom Miguel, Duke of Viseu (1878–1923), married Anita Stewart and had issue.
• Dom Francisco José de Bragança (1879–1919), died unmarried and without issue.
• Dona Maria Teresa de Bragança (1881–1945), married Prince Karl Ludwig of Thurn und Taxis and had issue.

After the death of his first wife, he married for a second time to his first cousin Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1870–1935), on 8 November 1893 at Kleinheubach. They had eight children:

• Dona Isabel Maria de Bragança (1894–1970), married Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and had issue.
• Dona Maria Benedita de Bragança (1896–1971), died unmarried and without issue.
• Dona Mafalda de Bragança (1898–1918), died unmarried and without issue.
• Dona Maria Ana de Bragança (1899–1971), married the future Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and had issue.
• Dona Maria Antónia de Bragança (1903–1973), married Sidney Ashley Chanler (son of William Astor Chanler) and had issue.
• Dona Filipa de Bragança (1905–1990), died unmarried and without issue.
• Dom Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (1907–1976), married Princess Maria Francisca de Orléans e Bragança and had issue.
• Dona Maria Adelaide de Bragança (1912–2012), married Nicolaas van Uden and had issue.

Miguel Januário died in Seebenstein, on October 11, 1927. He is buried at Kloster Maria Himmelfahrt in Bronnbach.

Honours

•  Kingdom of Portugal: Grand Master of the Order of St. Michael of the Wing
•  Austria-Hungary: Knight of the Golden Fleece, 1881
•  Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight of St. Hubert, 1900

In film

In the 1968 film Mayerling, "Michel de Bragance" is a small character played by Jean-Claude Bercq.

See also

• Descendants of Miguel I of Portugal

References

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2. ^ Hastings, Derek (2018). Nationalism in Modern Europe: Politics, Identity, and Belonging since the French Revolution. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 164. ISBN 9781474213417. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
3. The American Almanac, Year-book, Cyclopedia and Atlas. New York American and journal. 1902. p. 412. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
4. "MISS STEWART WEDS; HOLDS TO HER FAITH; Becomes Bride of Prince Miguel, but Has Not Entered the Catholic Church. PRINCE RETAINS RIGHTS Has Not Yielded His Place in Line of Succession to the Throne -- Royalty at the Wedding". The New York Times. 16 September 1909. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
5. The Times ( 19 June 1919), p. 11.
6. Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de La Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigny Ruvigny and Raineval (9th marquis of) (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who", of the Sovereigns, Princes and Nobles of Europe. Harrison & Sons. p. 50. Retrieved 1 March 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
7. Longo, James McMurtry (2007). Isabel Orleans-Bragança: The Brazilian Princess Who Freed the Slaves. McFarland. p. 287. ISBN 9780786432011. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
8. Limited, Europa Publications (1990). The International Who's who: 1990-91. Europa Publications Limited. p. 1585. ISBN 9780946653584. Retrieved 1 March 2019. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
9. "MARIA DE BRAGANCA MARRIED IN AUSTRIA; Princess Becomes the Bride of Ashley Chanler, a Son of Late Explorer and Represengatlve" (PDF). The New York Times. June 15, 1934. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
10. "Duke of Braganza, Claimant to Throne, Is Dead in Portugal". The New York Times. 25 December 1976. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
11. Boettger, T. F. "Chevaliers de la Toisón d'Or - Knights of the Golden Fleece". La Confrérie Amicale. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
12. "Königliche Orden", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Bayern (in German), Munich, 1908, p. 9, retrieved 3 December 2019{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Ancestry

External links

• The Royal Family of Portugal – House Bragança at the Wayback Machine (archived October 28, 2009)

v t e Pretenders to the Portuguese throne
Burgundian line	Beatriz of Portugal (1383–1420) John I of Castile (1383–1390) Infante João, Duke of Valencia de Campos (1383–1397) Infante Dinis, Lord of Cifuentes (1383–1397)
Aviz line	Manuel, Hereditary Prince of Portugal (1595–1638) Manuel António of Portugal (1638–1666)
Deposed monarchs	King António I (1580–1595) King Miguel I (1834–1866) King Manuel II (1910–1932)
Miguelist line	Miguel de Bragança (1866–1920) Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (1920–1976) Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (1976–present) Heir: Afonso
Loulé line	Pedro José Agostinho de Mendoça (1830-1909) Maria Domingas José de Mendonça (1909-1928) Constança Maria da Conceição Berquó de Mendoça (1928-1965) Alberto Nuno Carlos Rita Folque de Mendoça (1965-2003)
Other line	Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança (1932–1987)

v t e Dukes of Braganza
Feudal Dukes	Afonso Fernando I Fernando II Jaime Teodósio I João I Teodósio II João II
Heir to the Throne	Teodósio Afonso Isabel Luísa João João Maria Bárbara Pedro José Maria Francisca José João Pedro de Alcântara Maria da Glória Pedro Carlos Luís Filipe
Claimant to the Throne	Miguel Miguel Duarte Nuno Duarte Pio

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