Infanta Maria Teresa of Braganza
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Princess of Beira Infanta Pedro Carlos of Spain and Portugal Countess of Molina | |||||
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| Born | 29 April 1793 Ajuda, Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal | ||||
| Died | 17 January 1874 (aged 80) Trieste, Austria-Hungary | ||||
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| Spouse | Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (m. 1838; died 1855) | ||||
| Issue | Infante Sebastião of Spain and Portugal | ||||
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| House | Braganza | ||||
| Father | John VI of Portugal | ||||
| Mother | Carlota Joaquina of Spain | ||||
Infanta Maria Teresa of Braganza (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾiɐ tɨˈɾezɐ] or [ˈtɾezɐ]; 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
Maria Teresa Francisca de Assis Antónia Carlota Joana Josefa Xavier de Paula Micaela Rafaela Isabel Gonzaga was born in
Marriage
She was married on 13 May 1810 in
Very conservative, she was an ally of her younger brother
Spanish succession
On 15 January 1837, the Cortes of Spain legislated her excluded from the Spanish succession, rights belonging to her in descent from her mother, on grounds of her being a rebel along with Don Carlos. Her son Sebastian's rights were similarly excluded, but he was later, in 1859, restored in Spain. Also don Carlos' sons and Teresa's brother Miguel I of Portugal were excluded at the same law.
The next year she married again, in 1838, to her brother-in-law, uncle and longtime ally, Infante Carlos of Spain (1788–1855), whom she viewed as the rightful king of Spain; the widower of her sister
They soon left Spain because of unsuccess in the civil war, and never returned. She died in Trieste on 17 January 1874, having survived her second husband by nineteen years.
Honours
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa[1]
Dame of the Order of Queen Saint Isabel[1]
Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa[1]
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Ancestry
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References
- La Princesa de Beira y los Hijos de Don Carlos by Conde de Rodezno (1938)