Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza (

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'' and youngest daughter of

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John VI and his wife,

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Life

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On 5 December 1827, she married Dom Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto, then Marquis of Loulé and

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of Vale de Reis, future Duke of Loulé. Subsequently, he served several times as Prime Minister of Portugal. The wedding was celebrated in a private ceremony in the chapel of the Royal

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and was a

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at the time. Although Loulé was a

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and remote descendant of Portugal's royal

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, '' Dona'' Ana de Jesus was the first infanta of Portugal since the

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to marry a man who was not of royal rank. The reasons for the marriage were probably not political, considering the couple's first child was born on 27 December 1827, twenty-two days after the ceremony. The marriage had not been approved by D. Ana's father, King John VI, prior to his death (strictly, Portuguese law at the time only stated that the marriage of the

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required the sovereign's consent, a position D. Ana never held). Nor were either of her brothers present in the country at the time of the wedding (both claimed the kingship from abroad). The designated

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of the kingdom was D. Ana's elder sister, Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza, who was present in Lisbon. The marriage was not an

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, as the royal family was aware of the couple's intention to marry and D. Ana's mother facilitated rather than sought to prevent the marriage before her daughter gave birth. With the restoration of absolutism in Portugal in 1831 the couple was exiled and began extended travel through Europe. They had several other children abroad. The marriage ended with a ''de facto'' separation in 1835. The infanta died before her husband was created a duke. D. Ana's heir, and the head of the Loulé ducal line is her great-great-great-grandson D. Pedro Folque de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 6th Duke of Loulé. He is considered by some to be the rightful

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to the defunct Portuguese throne by virtue of his ancestors' uninterrupted domicile on Portuguese soil.

Issue

*D. ''Ana Carlota'' de Mendóça Rolim de Moura Barreto, later '' Countess of Linhares'' *D. ''Maria do Carmo'' de Mendóça Rolim de Moura Barreto, later '' Countess of Belmonte'' *D. ''Pedro José'' de Mendóça Rolim de Moura Barreto, later ''2nd Duke of Loulé'' *D. ''Maria Amália'' de Mendóça Rolim de Moura Barreto *D. ''Augusto Pedro'' de Mendóça Rolim de Moura Barreto, later ''3rd Count of Azambuja'' Nuno da Câmara Pereira, a member of the People's Monarchist Party (PPM) in the Assembly of the Republic, descends from D. Ana. He promotes restoration of the monarchy under the House of Loulé.

Ancestry

References

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Life

Issue

See also

Ancestry

References