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Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (

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: ''Elisabeth Maria Maximiliana''; 28 May 1860 – 7 February 1881) was the

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and wife of

Life

Elisabeth was a Princess of Thurn and Taxis by birth and an Infanta of Portugal, Princess of Braganza, and titular Queen consort of Portugal through her marriage to

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claimant to the throne of

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from 1866 to 1920. Elisabeth was the second eldest child and daughter of

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and his wife

Marriage and issue

Prinzessinnen Luise und Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis

Elisabeth married

, only son and second eldest child of Miguel I of Portugal and his wife

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, on 17 October 1877 in

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. Elisabeth and Miguel had three children: * Dom Miguel de Bragança, Duke of Viseu (1878–1923), married

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* Dom Francisco José de Bragança (1879–1919) * Dona Maria Teresa de Bragança (1881–1945), married Prince Karl Ludwig of

The couple moved to Austria, where on 22 September 1878 in

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, her first son, Miguel Maximiliano, was born. It was after this birth that Elisabeth's health began to deteriorate. Elisabeth died at the age of 20 in

shortly after the birth of her third child, Maria Teresa. Elisabeth's mother Helene withdrew after her death more and more from public life. Her husband Miguel eventually remarried on 8 November 1893 in

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Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (German: ''Maria Theresa, Prinzessin von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg'') (4 January 1870, Rome, Papal States – 17 January 1935, Vienna, Federal State of Austria) was a Princess of L� ...

Ancestry

References

*Manuel de Mello Corrêa (eds): Anuário since Nobreza de Portugal. Instituto Português de Heráldica, Lisboa, 1985. {{DEFAULTSORT:Elisabeth Of Thurn And Taxis, Princess 1860 births 1881 deaths Duchesses of Braganza Portuguese infantas Nobility from Dresden Princesses of Thurn und Taxis Deaths in childbirth