Infante António of Portugal () (15 March 1695 - 20 October 1757) was a Portuguese ''

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'' (prince), the third surviving son of Peter II,

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, and his wife

Maria Sophia of Neuburg Maria Sophia Elisabeth of Neuburg (6 August 1666 – 4 August 1699) was List of Portuguese royal consorts, Queen of Portugal as the wife of Peter II of Portugal, King Peter II from 1687 until her death in 1699. A popular queen, she was note ...

Life

António Francisco Xavier Benedito Teodósio Leopoldo Henrique was born in

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on 15 March 1695.

Death

He died unmarried and without legitimate issue in the same city, on 20 October 1757, of

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and is buried at the

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, in Lisbon.

Ancestry

References

1695 births 1757 deaths Nobility from Lisbon Portuguese infantes 17th-century Portuguese people 18th-century Portuguese people Burials at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora Sons of kings {{Portugal-royal-stub