Infante_António_of_Portugal

Infante António of Portugal

Infante António of Portugal

Portuguese royal family member (1695–1797)


Infante António of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu]) (Lisbon, 15 March 1695[1] - Lisbon, 20 October 1757[2]) was a Portuguese infante (prince), the third surviving son of Peter II, King of Portugal, and his wife Maria Sophia of Neuburg.

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Life

Portrait by Jean Ranc.

António Francisco Xavier Benedito Teodósio Leopoldo Henrique was born in Lisbon on March 15, 1695.

Death

He died unmarried and without legitimate issue in the same city on October 20, 1757 of apoplexy[3] and is buried at the Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty, in Lisbon.

Ancestry


References

  1. Mariz, Pedro de (1758). Dialogos de varia historia, em que se referem as vidas dos senhores reys de Portugal (in Brazilian Portuguese). Joseph Filippe. p. 212. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. Castro, João Baptista de (1870). Mappa de Portugal antigo e moderno (in Brazilian Portuguese). Typ. do Panorama. p. 122. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. Historia Genealogica da Casa Real Portugueza (PDF). Lisbon: Sylviana. 1841. p. 432. Retrieved 5 February 2024.



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