Infante Francisco, Duke of Beja
(), (Lisbon, 25 May 1691 – Lisbon, 21 July 1742) was a
Portuguese ''
infante'' (prince) son of
Peter II,
King
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of
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, and his second wife,
Maria Sofia of the Palatinate.
Early life
Francisco Xavier José António Bento Urbano was born on 25 May 1691 in
Lisbon
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. He was given the Duchy of
Beja and was made Grand-Prior of
Crato and
Lord of the Infantado. Plans for him to marry
Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria sister of
Queen Maria Anna failed in the early stages.
Career
Responding to a request by
Pope Clement XI
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to aid in the fight against the Turks, in 1716, King
John V of Portugal
Dom John V ( pt, João Francisco António José Bento Bernardo; 22 October 1689 – 31 July 1750), known as the Magnanimous (''o Magnânimo'') and the Portuguese Sun King (''o Rei-Sol Português''), was King of Portugal from 9 December 1706 ...
(Infante Francisco's brother) sent an armada of Portuguese ships to aid Venice and Austria in their fights against the Turks, led by the Duke of Beja, and Lopo Furtado de Mendonça, Count of Rio Grande.
Affairs and issue
He died unmarried and without legitimate issue (in spite of two illegitimate children from Mariana da Silveira) on 21 July 1742 at the Quinta das Gaeiras in
Óbidos. He is buried at the
Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty in
Lisbon
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.
He had two natural children with Mariana Silveira, a nun, who died during the
1755 Lisbon earthquake
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:
* Pedro of Braganza (¿? – 1741)
*
João da Bemposta
D. João of Braganza, Duke of Abrantes ''jure uxoris'' (12 June 1726 - 23 October 1780), more commonly known as João da Bemposta, was a legitimized natural son of Infante Francisco, Duke of Beja. A grandson of King Pedro II of Portugal, and th ...
(1725–1780) Captain General of the Portuguese Navy and Chief Steward of the Royal Household. Married
Maria Margarida de Lorena, 2nd Duchess of Abrantes
Maria Margarida de Lorena, Duchess of Abrantes (2 February 1713 – 1780) was the daughter of Dom Rodrigo de Mello (1688–1713), second child of Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval and of Ana Maria Catarina Henriqueta de Lorena, ...
.
Ancestry
References
Bibliography
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1691 births
1742 deaths
People from Lisbon
Portuguese infantes
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See also
*10/7 (disambiguation)
*Bohrium
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Burials at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora
House of Braganza
17th-century Portuguese people
18th-century Portuguese people
Constables of Portugal
Sons of kings
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