Princess Maria Antónia of Braganza, (''Maria Antónia Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Adelaide Xavier Josefa Expedita Gregoria'') (12 March 1903, Viareggio, Lucca, Toscana, Italy – 6 February 1973, Water Mill, Suffolk, New York) was a member of the House of Braganca. She married Sidney Ashley Chanler, the grandson of

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and Margaret Astor Ward.

Family

Maria Antónia was born at th
Villa Arciducale
in

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, a Tuscan commune. Her namesake, the Duchess of Parma, was sister-in-law to the Villa's owner, Infanta Bianca of Spain, Archduchess of Austria. This hospitality was likely the cause of why Maria Antónia was named after her father's sister. Her parents, Miguel II, Duke of Braganza, and

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, were the

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claimants to the deposed

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throne. Maria Antónia was thus an aunt to

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and

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, as well as a first cousin, twice removed to

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, King Albert of Belgium II and

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Marriage and issue

Maria Antónia married American heir Sidney Ashley Chanler (1907-1994) on June 13, 1934, at

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. Chanler was the son of novelist, politician, and explorer Rep. William A. Chanler and stage actress Minnie Ashley, thus making him a relative of the Stuyvesant family, the Astor family, the Livingston family, the Schuyler family, and the Dudley-Winthrop family, as well as a descendant of

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, Samuel Ward, Jr., Gen. John Armstrong, Gov. William Greene, Gov. William Greene Jr.,

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, Robert Livingston, Gov. Richard Ward,

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, and others. They later divorced in December 1948. She never remarried, though he remarried twice. During her marriage, Maria Antónia used the title and style of: ''Her Royal Highness'' Princess Maria Antónia of Braganza, Mrs. Chanler. * Maria Mafalda Teresa de Bragança Chanler (1 Apr 1935 in

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-), who married and divorced Baron Emanuel von Pereira-Arnstein (1931-1976) in 1962. She later wed Andrei Ivanovich Stenbock-Fermor on November 24, 1967. From this marriage, they had two children: Count Alexis Stenbock Fermor, born 1968, and Countess Xenia Stenbock-Fermor, born 1969. She and Camillo Costa have one child, Alexandre Costa, born on September 21, 1997, in Nice, France. * Antony Ashley de Bragança Chanler (21 Feb 1938 in

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- 23 Dec 2016), died unmarried and without issue * Robert Alain de Bragança Chanler (12 May 1941 in New York City - 2014 at the Casa Da Infanta in Ferragudo, Portugal), died unmarried

Later life and death

After her divorce, Princess Maria Antónia spent her summers at her home on Cobb Road in

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, part of

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summer colony. She spent her winters at the Casa da Infanta in Ferragudo, Portugal. The primary resident of the home at this time was her younger sister, Princess Filipa de Bragança (1905-1990), with whom she had a close relationship.This information can be found in the archives of the East Hampton Library in East Hampton, NY. Their

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contain the Princess' residences.

Ancestry

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maria Antonia de Braganca, Princess Portuguese infantas House of Braganza 1903 births 1973 deaths