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
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Life
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and of
Ana Maria Catarina Henriqueta de Lorena, 1st Duchess of Abrantes.
Biography
On 22 December 1726, Maria Margarida married uncle, Joaquim Francisco de Sá Almeida e Menezes, 2nd
Marquis of Abrantes (her mother's younger brother), who died in 1756.
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elevated the
Dowager Marchioness to the
title
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and
degree of Duchess of Abrantes ''vitalício'' (by Royal Decree of 1757) upon her appointment as
HM the Queen
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's
Mistress of the Robes
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(''Camareira-Môr'' ). This was the highest position in the
Portuguese court for a lady, and one which her mother previously held.
On 20 February 1757, she married secondly
João da Bemposta, natural son of the
Infante Francisco, and her husband was raised to the
style
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and
degree of
Duke
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on 18 May 1757.
When her mother, the duchess Ana Maria, died in 1765, Maria Margarida succeeded to her
hereditary titles as
4th Marchioness of Abrantes and
10th Countess of Penaguião.
Maria Margarida had no issue from either marriage, and her
hereditary titles devolved upon her 2nd cousin
Pedro de Lancastre da Silveira de Castelo-Branco Sá e Menezes (1762–1828), 7th
Count of Vila Nova de Portimão.
See also
*
Dukedoms in Portugal
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*
Marquis of Abrantes
*
Count of Penaguião
Bibliography
"Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. II, page 206. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.
Notes
External links
Genealogy of Maria Margarida de Lorena, Duchess of Abrantes
1713 births
1780 deaths
Portuguese nobility
202
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18th-century Portuguese people
Portuguese ladies-in-waiting
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