The House of Bourbon-Braganza (

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: Casa de Borbón-Braganza;

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: Casa de Bourbon-Bragança) was an Iberian noble house that had its origins in a royal marriage arranged in 1785 between Gabriel of Bourbon, Infante of Spain and Mariana Victoria of Braganza, Infanta of Portugal. Their descendants served as Dukes of Marchena, Durcal, Hernani, and Ansola.

History

Their surviving son,

Infante Pedro Carlos of Spain and Portugal Don Pedro Carlos (Pedro Carlos Antonio Rafael José Javier Francisco Juan Nepomuceno Tomás de Villanueva Marcos Marcelino Vicente Ferrer Raimundo; 18 June 1786 – 4 July 1812) was an Infante of Spain and Portugal. Family Infante Pedro Carlos ...

(1786–1812), was brought up in the Portuguese court, first in Lisbon and, after 1807, in Rio de Janeiro. Until 1793, he was the only grandson of Queen Maria I, and therefore considered as a potential heir of the Portuguese throne. Similar to his father, he also married a Portuguese Infanta, his first cousin once removed

Infanta Maria Teresa of Portugal Infanta Maria Teresa of Braganza ( or ; 29 April 1793 – 17 January 1874) was the firstborn child of John VI of Portugal and Carlota Joaquina of Spain, and heir presumptive to the throne of Portugal between 1793 and 1795, until her short-lived br ...

(1793–1874).Jean-François Labourdette, ''Histoire du Portugal'', éd. Fayard, p. 496. They had one child

Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain ''Infante'' (, ; f. ''infanta''), also anglicised as Infant or translated as Prince, is the title and rank given in the Iberian kingdoms of Spain (including the predecessor kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Navarre, and León) and Portugal to th ...

(1811–1875), Infante of Portugal by royal edict (issued in 1812), but only became a Spanish Infante in 1824 by royal edict of

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, as he was only a distant descendant of

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. When the

Portuguese Royal Family The Most Serene House of Braganza ( pt, Sereníssima Casa de Bragança), also known as the Brigantine Dynasty (''Dinastia Brigantina''), is a dynasty of emperors, kings, princes, and dukes of Portuguese origin which reigned in Europe and the Ame ...

returned to Europe, Sebastian went to live in Spain (1822); but, due to his support to the Carlist pretender, he returned to Portugal (1865), where King Luís I gave him a warm reception. The legitimate male line of the family has become extinct after the death of Manfredo, 1st Duke of Hernani, in 1979; the last member of the family was Leticía Fernanda de Borbón y Bosch-Labrús, who died in 2008. Yet there are still distant female-line descendants, represented among the Spanish nobility (Dukes of

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, Durcal, and

Ansola Antonio Ansola Arrieta (17 January 1931 – 2 December 2013) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender. He played 141 football games for Real Sociedad mostly during the 1950s. He would end his career at Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbo ...

Genealogical Chart

Infante Gabriel of Spain Infante Gabriel of SpainSometimes called Gabriel de Borbón y Sajonia, Infante de España (12 May 1752 – 23 November 1788) was a son of King Charles III of Spain and his wife Maria Amalia of Saxony. Biography Born at the Palace of Portici out ...

(1752–1788)

Infanta Mariana Vitória of Portugal ''Infante'' (, ; f. ''infanta''), also anglicised as Infant or translated as Prince, is the title and rank given in the Iberian kingdoms of Spain (including the predecessor kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Navarre, and León) and Portugal to th ...

(1768–1788) **

(1786–1812)

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(1811–1875)

Infanta María Cristina of Spain (1833–1902) Maria Cristina, Infanta of Spain and Portugal (5 June 1833 – 19 January 1902) was a daughter of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain and his wife Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies. She became an ''Infanta of Portugal'' by her marri ...

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Francisco María de Borbón y Borbón, 1st Duke of Marchena The House of Bourbon-Braganza (Spanish: Casa de Borbón-Braganza; Portuguese: Casa de Bourbon-Bragança) was an Iberian noble house that had its origins in a royal marriage arranged in 1785 between Gabriel of Bourbon, Infante of Spain and Mari ...

(1861–1923) *****María Cristina de Borbón y Muguiro, 2nd Duchess of Marchena (1889–1981) *****Elena de Borbón y Muguiro (1890–1909) *****María de los Ángeles de Borbón y Muguiro (1895–1964) ****

Pedro de Alcántara de Borbón y Borbón, 1st Duke of Dúrcal The House of Bourbon-Braganza (Spanish: Casa de Borbón-Braganza; Portuguese: Casa de Bourbon-Bragança) was an Iberian noble house that had its origins in a royal marriage arranged in 1785 between Gabriel of Bourbon, Infante of Spain and Mari ...

(1862–1892) *****María Cristina de Borbón y Madán (1886–1985) *****María Pía de Borbón y Madán (1888–1969) *****

Fernando Sebastián de Borbón y Madán, 2nd Duke of Dúrcal The House of Bourbon-Braganza (Spanish: Casa de Borbón-Braganza; Portuguese: Casa de Bourbon-Bragança) was an Iberian noble house that had its origins in a royal marriage arranged in 1785 between Gabriel of Bourbon, Infante of Spain and Mari ...

(1891–1944) ******

María Cristina de Borbón y Bosch-Labrús, 3rd Duchess of Dúrcal The House of Bourbon-Braganza (Spanish: Casa de Borbón-Braganza; Portuguese: Casa de Bourbon-Bragança) was an Iberian noble house that had its origins in a royal marriage arranged in 1785 between Gabriel of Bourbon, Infante of Spain and Mari ...

(1913–2002) ******Leticía Fernanda de Borbón y Bosch-Labrús (1915–2008) ****

Luis de Jesús de Borbón y Borbón, 1st Duke of Ansola The House of Bourbon-Braganza (Spanish: Casa de Borbón-Braganza; Portuguese: Casa de Bourbon-Bragança) was an Iberian noble house that had its origins in a royal marriage arranged in 1785 between Gabriel of Bourbon, Infante of Spain and Mari ...

(1864–1889) *****Luis Alfonso de Borbón y Bernaldo de Quirós, 2nd Duke of Ansola (1887–1942) ***** Manfredo Luis de Borbón y Bernaldo de Quirós, 3rd Duke of Ansola and 1st Duke of Hernani (1889–1979) **** Alfonso María de Borbón y Borbón (1866–1934) **** Gabriel Jesús de Borbón y Borbón (1869–1889)

References

Bibliography

* Ricardo Mateos Sáinz de Medrano, ''Los desconocidos infantes de España'', Thassalia, 1996 {{ISBN, 9788482370545.

External links

Genealogy of the House of Bourbon-Braganza (French).
1785 establishments in Spain 2008 disestablishments in Spain

History

Genealogical Chart

See also

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