Infante Fernando of Portugal (''Fernando Maria Luís de Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha e Bragança''; 23 July 1846 – 6 November 1861) was the fourth son of Queen

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and King-consort Fernando II and a member of the

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."While remaining

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dynasts of the duchy of

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

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'', Title 1, Chapter 1, Article 5 of th
1838 Portuguese constitution
declared, with respect to

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 of ...

'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"

Life

Fernando was a lieutenant in the Fifth Battalion of

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, and received the Grand Cross of the Order of Our Lady of the Conception of Vila Viçosa. With two of his brothers, King

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and

Infante João, Duke of Beja Infante João, Duke of Beja (; en, John; 16 March 1842 – 27 December 1861) was a Portuguese ''infante'' (prince) and member of the House of Braganza."While remaining patrilineal dynasts of the duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha according to p ...

, Fernando died of

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in late 1861. He was buried in the

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Ancestry

References

* Redacção Quidnovi, com coordenação de José Hermano Saraiva, História de Portugal, Dicionário de Personalidades, Volume XIV, Ed. QN-Edição e Conteúdos, S.A., 2004. * Tavares Dias, Marina, D. Carlos, Lisboa 1908, Quimera Editores, Lda., 2007. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferdinand of Portugal, Prince 1846 births 1861 deaths House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Portuguese infantes People from Lisbon Deaths from cholera Deaths from typhoid fever Burials at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa 19th-century Portuguese people Royalty and nobility who died as children Sons of kings