Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal

Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal (Portuguese: Maria das Neves Isabel Eulália Carlota Adelaide Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Paula de Assis Inès Sofia Romana, Infanta de Portugal) (5 August 1852 15 February 1941) was the eldest child and daughter of exiled Miguel of Portugal and his wife Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.

Infanta Maria das Neves
Born(1852-08-05)5 August 1852
Kleinheubach
Died14 February 1941(1941-02-14) (aged 88)
Vienna, Nazi Austria
Burial
SpouseAlfonso Carlos de Borbón
Full name
Portuguese: Maria das Neves Isabel Eulália Carlota Adelaide Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Paula de Assis Inês Sofia Romana
HouseBraganza
FatherMiguel I of Portugal
MotherAdelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Maria was born in Kleinheubach, an Infanta of Portugal and member of the House of Braganza by birth. Until the birth of her brother Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Maria was titled Princess Royal of Portugal, a title of pretense, given her father had been deposed in 1834. Through her marriage to Alfonso Carlos of Bourbon, Duke of San Jaime, Carlist claimant to the Spanish throne, Maria was titular Queen consort of Spain, France, and Navarre.

Marriage

Maria married Alfonso Carlos of Bourbon, Duke of San Jaime, second son of Juan, Count of Montizón and his wife Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este, on 26 April 1871 in Kleinheubach. Alfonso Carlos was her first cousin once removed, as Maria's father (Miguel of Portugal) and his paternal grandmother (Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal) were siblings. Their union produced only a son who died some hours after his birth, in 1874. They were unable to have more children and died childless. Maria died in Vienna, Austria, aged 88.

See also

Ancestry

References

    Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal
    Cadet branch of the House of Aviz
    Born: 5 August 1852 Died: 15 February 1941
    Titles in pretence
    Preceded by
    Berthe of Rohan
     TITULAR 
    Queen consort of Spain
    2 October 1931 – 29 September 1936
    Succeeded by
    Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset
    or
    Christa Satzger de Bálványos
     TITULAR 
    Queen consort of France and Navarre
    2 October 1931 – 29 September 1936
    Succeeded by
    Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
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