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, Lisbon,

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Infanta Antónia of Portugal (or of Braganza; ; ''Antónia Maria Fernanda Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Francisca de Assis Ana Gonzaga Silvéria Júlia Augusta de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança''; 17 February 1845 – 27 December 1913) was a

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'' (princess) of the

House of Braganza 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 A ...

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dynasts of the duchy of

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (german: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha), or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (german: Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, links=no ), was an Ernestine, Thuringian duchy ruled by a branch of the House of Wettin, consisting of territories in the present- ...

according to pp. 88, 116 of the 1944 ''

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Ferdinand II of Portugal '' Dom'' Ferdinand II ( Portuguese: ''Fernando II'') (29 October 1816 – 15 December 1885) was a German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry, and King of Portugal ''jure uxoris'' as the husband of Queen Maria II, from the birth ...

's issue by his first wife, that 'the Most Serene House of Braganza is the reigning house of Portugal and continues through the Person of the Lady Queen Maria II'. Thus their mutual descendants constitute the Coburg line of the House of Braganza" daughter of

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and her King consort

. Through her father, she also held the titles of Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duchess of Saxony.

Life

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Antónia was born in 1845 at the Palace of Belém, she was the sixth child of twelve, and the third girl. She married Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen on 12 September 1861. They had three sons; *

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(1864–1927), who succeeded as

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; married (1) Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (2)

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(1865–1927), later

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; married

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(1868–1919), married Princess Josephine Caroline of Belgium Antónia of Braganza died in the German Empire in 1913.

Honours and awards

* :
Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Preußen
' (1908), Genealogy p. 6 ** Dame of the Order of Queen Saint Isabel ** Grand Cross of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa *

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: ** Dame of the Order of Louise, 1st Division **

Cross of Merit for Women and Girls The Cross of Merit for Women and Girls (''Ehrenkreuz für Frauen und Jungfrauen'') was created on 22 March 1871 by Kaiser Wilhelm I, German Emperor, in his capacity as King of Prussia. The award was presented only to women, but was not a Ladies Or ...

, ''26 June 1871'' * : Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross, 1st Class *

Ernestine duchies The Ernestine duchies (), also known as the Saxon duchies (, although the Albertine appanage duchies of Weissenfels, Merseburg and Zeitz were also "Saxon duchies" and adjacent to several Ernestine ones), were a group of small states whose n ...

: Grand Cross of the

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* : Dame of the Decoration of the Cross of Queen Elisabeth * : Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa, ''23 October 1855''

Ancestry

References

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