The House of Bourbon-Braganza (
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: Casa de Borbón-Braganza;
Portuguese: Casa de Bourbon-Bragança) was an
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noble house that had its origins in a royal marriage arranged in 1785 between
Gabriel of Bourbon, Infante of Spain and
Mariana Victoria of Braganza, Infanta of Portugal. Their descendants served as Dukes of Marchena, Durcal, Hernani, and Ansola.
History
Their surviving son,
Infante Pedro Carlos of Spain and Portugal
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(1786–1812), was brought up in the Portuguese court, first in Lisbon and, after 1807, in Rio de Janeiro. Until 1793, he was the only grandson of Queen Maria I, and therefore considered as a potential heir of the Portuguese throne. Similar to his father, he also married a Portuguese Infanta, his first cousin once removed
Infanta Maria Teresa of Portugal
''Infanta'' Maria Teresa of Braganza ( or ; 29 April 1793 – 17 January 1874) was the firstborn child of John VI of Portugal and Carlota Joaquina of Spain. From 1828 to 1834, she was heiress presumptive to the Portuguese throne.
Early life
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(1793–1874).
[Jean-François Labourdette, ''Histoire du Portugal'', éd. Fayard, p. 496.]
They had one child
Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain
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(1811–1875), Infante of Portugal by royal edict (issued in 1812), but only became a Spanish Infante in 1824 by royal edict of
King Ferdinand VII of Spain, as he was only a distant descendant of
King Charles III
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. When the
Portuguese royal family
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returned to Europe, Sebastian went to live in Spain (1822); but, due to his support to the Carlist pretender, he returned to Portugal (1865), where
King Luís I gave him a warm reception.
The legitimate male line of the family has become extinct after the death of Manfredo, 1st Duke of Hernani, in 1979; the last member of the family was Leticía Fernanda de Borbón y Bosch-Labrús, who died in 2008. Yet there are still distant female-line descendants, represented among the Spanish nobility (Dukes of
Marchena
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,
Durcal, and
Ansola
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).
Genealogical Chart
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Infante Gabriel of Spain
Infante Gabriel of SpainSometimes called Gabriel de Borbón y Sajonia, Infante de España (12 May 1752 – 23 November 1788) was the son of King Charles III of Spain and Maria Amalia of Saxony.
Biography
Born at the Palace of Portici outside Ki ...
(1752–1788)
Infanta Mariana Vitória of Portugal
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(1768–1788)
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Infante Pedro Carlos of Spain and Portugal
Infante (, ; grammatical gender, f. ''infanta''), also anglicised as "infant" or translated as "prince", is the title and rank given in the Iberian kingdoms of Spain (including the predecessor kingdoms of Crown of Aragon, Aragon, Crown of Castil ...
(1786–1812)
Infanta Maria Teresa of Portugal
''Infanta'' Maria Teresa of Braganza ( or ; 29 April 1793 – 17 January 1874) was the firstborn child of John VI of Portugal and Carlota Joaquina of Spain. From 1828 to 1834, she was heiress presumptive to the Portuguese throne.
Early life
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(1793–1874)
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Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain
Infante (, ; f. ''infanta''), also anglicised as "infant" or translated as "prince", is the title and rank given in the Iberian kingdoms of Spain (including the predecessor kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Navarre, and León) and Portugal to the ...
(1811–1875)
Infanta María Cristina of Spain (1833–1902)
Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain and Portugal (5 June 1833 – 19 January 1902) was a daughter of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain and his wife Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies. She became an ''Infanta of Portugal'' by her marri ...
****Francisco María de Borbón y Borbón, 1st Duke of Marchena (1861–1923)
*****María Cristina de Borbón y Muguiro, 2nd Duchess of Marchena (1889–1981)
*****Elena de Borbón y Muguiro (1890–1909)
*****María de los Ángeles de Borbón y Muguiro (1895–1964)
****Pedro de Alcántara de Borbón y Borbón, 1st Duke of Dúrcal (1862–1892)
*****María Cristina de Borbón y Madán (1886–1985)
*****María Pía de Borbón y Madán (1888–1969)
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Fernando Sebastián de Borbón y Madán, 2nd Duke of Dúrcal (1891–1944)
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María Cristina de Borbón y Bosch-Labrús, 3rd Duchess of Dúrcal (1913–2002)
******Leticía Fernanda de Borbón y Bosch-Labrús (1915–2008)
****Luis de Jesús de Borbón y Borbón, 1st Duke of Ansola (1864–1889)
*****Luis Alfonso de Borbón y Bernaldo de Quirós, 2nd Duke of Ansola (1887–1942)
*****Manfredo Luis de Borbón y Bernaldo de Quirós, 3rd Duke of Ansola and 1st Duke of Hernani (1889–1979)
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Alfonso María de Borbón y Borbón
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(1866–1934)
****Gabriel Jesús de Borbón y Borbón (1869–1889)
See also
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House of Bourbon
The House of Bourbon (, also ; ) is a dynasty that originated in the Kingdom of France as a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Kingdom of Navarre, Navarre in the 16th century. A br ...
References
Bibliography
* Ricardo Mateos Sáinz de Medrano, ''Los desconocidos infantes de España'', Thassalia, 1996 {{ISBN, 9788482370545.
External links
Genealogy of the House of Bourbon-Braganza (French).
1785 establishments in Spain
2008 disestablishments in Spain