Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (
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: ''Maria Theresa, Prinzessin von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg'') (4 January 1870,
Rome
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Papal States
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– 17 January 1935,
Vienna
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Federal State of Austria
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) was a Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and a member of the
House of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg by birth and an Infanta of Portugal, Duchess consort of Braganza, and titular queen consort of Portugal through her marriage to
Miguel Januário, Duke of Braganza,
Miguelist
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claimant to the throne of
Portugal
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from 1866 to 1920.
Family
Maria Theresa was the fifth child and fourth daughter of
Charles, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, brother of
titular
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queen consort of Portugal Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, and his wife
Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein
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. Maria Theresa was an elder sister of
Aloys, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.
Marriage and issue
Maria Theresa married her first cousin
Miguel, Duke of Braganza
Prince Miguel Januário of Braganza (; full name Miguel Maria Carlos Egídio Constantino Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga Francisco de Paula e de Assis Januário de Bragança; 19 September 1853 – 11 October 1927) was the Miguelist claimant to the throne ...
, only son and second eldest child of former King
Miguel of Portugal and his wife
Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, on 8 November 1893 in
Kleinheubach
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,
Kingdom of Bavaria
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. Maria Theresa and Miguel had eight children:
* Dona
Isabel Maria de Bragança (1894–1970), married
Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and had issue
* Dona
Maria Benedita de Bragança (1896–1971), died unmarried and without issue
* Dona
Mafalda de Bragança (1898–1918), died unmarried and without issue
* Dona
Maria Ana of Braganza (1899–1971), married
Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Karl August Joseph Maria Maximilian Lamoral Antonius Ignatius Benediktus Valentin, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (full German language, German name: ''Karl August Joseph Maria Maximilian Lamoral Antonius Ignatius Benediktus Valentin Fürst von Thu ...
and had issue
* Dona
Maria Antónia of Braganza (1903–1973), married Sidney Ashley Chanler (son of
William Astor Chanler) and had issue
* Dona
Filipa de Bragança (1905–1990), died unmarried and without issue
* Dom
Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza
'' Dom'' Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (23 September 1907 – 24 December 1976) was the claimant to the defunct Portuguese throne, as both the Miguelist successor of his father, Miguel Januário, Duke of Braganza, and later as the head of th ...
(1907–1976), married Dona
Maria Francisca of Orléans and Braganza and had issue
* Dona
Maria Adelaide de Bragança (1912–2012), married Nicolaas van Uden and had issue
Ancestry
References
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1870 births
1935 deaths
House of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Portuguese infantas
House of Braganza
Nobility from Rome
Princesses of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Duchesses of Braganza
Dames of the Order of Saint Isabel