Maria Margarida De Lorena, 2nd Duchess Of Abrantes
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Maria Margarida de Lorena, Duchess of Abrantes (2 February 1713 – 1780) was the daughter of Dom Rodrigo de Mello (1688–1713), second child of
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and of Ana Maria Catarina Henriqueta de Lorena, 1st Duchess of Abrantes.


Biography

On 22 December 1726, Maria Margarida married her uncle, Joaquim Francisco de Sá Almeida e Menezes, 2nd
Marquis of Abrantes Marquess of Abrantes (in Portuguese ''Marquês de Abrantes'') was a Portuguese title of nobility, granted by a decree issued by King John V of Portugal on 24 June 1718, to Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Menezes, 3rd Marquess of Fontes and 7th ...
(her mother's younger brother), who died in 1756.
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elevated the
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marchioness to the title and degree of Duchess of Abrantes ''vitalício'' (by Royal Decree of 1757) upon her appointment as the Queen's
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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
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, natural son of the Infante Francisco, and her husband was raised to the
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and degree of
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on 18 May 1757. When her mother, the Duchess Ana Maria, died in 1765, Maria Margarida succeeded to her
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s as 4th Marchioness of Abrantes and 10th Countess of Penaguião. Maria Margarida had no issue from either marriage, and her
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s devolved upon her 2nd cousin Pedro de Lancastre da Silveira de Castelo-Branco Sá e Menezes (1762–1828), 7th
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.


See also

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Dukedoms in Portugal The highest hereditary title in the Portuguese nobility. By tradition, there are a total of five royal and seven non-royal dukes in Portugal, out of 28 dukedoms that have ever been created. In the majority of cases, the title of duke was attribut ...
*
Marquis of Abrantes Marquess of Abrantes (in Portuguese ''Marquês de Abrantes'') was a Portuguese title of nobility, granted by a decree issued by King John V of Portugal on 24 June 1718, to Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Menezes, 3rd Marquess of Fontes and 7th ...
*
Count of Penaguião Count of Penaguião (in Portuguese ''Conde de Penaguião'') is a Portuguese title of nobility, created by King Philip I of Portugal, on 10 February 1583, for '' Dom'' João Rodrigues de Sá. The noble family of Sá were elevated as Marquises o ...


Bibliography

"Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. II, page 206. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.


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Genealogy of Maria Margarida de Lorena, Duchess of Abrantes
1713 births 1780 deaths Portuguese nobility
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