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Portuguese infanta (1736–1813)
Maria Ana of Braganza
(
Maria Ana Francisca Josefa Rita Joana
; 7 October 1736 – 16 May 1813), was a
Portuguese
infanta
daughter of
King
Joseph I
of
Portugal
and his wife
Mariana Victoria of Spain
.
Biography
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The infanta was born in
Lisbon
on October 7, 1736, and was the second of four daughters of Joseph I.
She was considered a potential bride for
Louis, Dauphin of France
, but her mother refused to consent to the marriage because of her own history, having been bethrothed by Louis XV, who had broken their engagement and sent her back from France.
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She never married, but engaged in her interests in the arts and in the rebuilding of the famous covent school
Convento do Desagravo do Santissimo Sacramento
in Lisbon, which had been destroyed in the famous earthquake of 1757, and which she was able to re-inaugurate in 1783.
[2]
She escaped from mainland Portugal
with her family
when
Napoleon Bonaparte
ordered the invasion of Portugal. Like her sister the queen, she suffered from a mental illness during her last years, and was cared for in Brazil by her sister Benedita, who lived with her.
[3]
She died in
Rio de Janeiro
on May 16, 1813, and was moved to
Lisbon
.
References
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Paulo Drumond Braga: A princesa na sombra : D. Maria Francisca Benedita, 1746-1829
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Paulo Drumond Braga: A princesa na sombra : D. Maria Francisca Benedita, 1746-1829
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Paulo Drumond Braga: A princesa na sombra : D. Maria Francisca Benedita, 1746-1829
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* also an infanta of Spain and an archduchess of Austria
,
**
also an imperial princess of Brazil
,
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also a princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess in Saxony
,
?
Also a princess of Braganza
,
?
title of pretense
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