Miguel_de_Bragança

Miguel de Bragança, Duke of Lafões

Miguel de Bragança, Duke of Lafões

Portuguese aristocrat (1699-1724)

Not to be confused with Miguel, Duke of Braganza.

Dom Michael of Braganza (Portuguese: Miguel de Bragança) was a Portuguese infante, illegitimate son of King Pedro II of Portugal and of the French lady Anne Armande Pastre de Verger (sometimes called du Vergé).[1] Miguel was recognized by his half brother, King John V of Portugal, who demanded he should be regarded as his brother.[2][1] He was born in Lisbon on 15 October 1699 and died drowned in the Tagus River on 13 January 1724.[1]

Marriage and descendants

He married Dona Luísa Casimira de Sousa Nassau e Ligne,[1] Princess of Ligne by her birth, and, through her mother, heiress of a rich and old Portuguese noble family: she was 30th Lady of the House of Sousa, 6th Countess of Miranda do Corvo and honorary Duchess of Lafões.

They had two sons and two daughters.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Pereira, Esteves; Rodrigues, Guilherme (1904). Portugal : diccionario historico, chorographico, heraldico, biographico, bibliographico, numismatico e artistico. Lisboa: J. Romano Torres. p. 1099. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  2. [2]
    McMurdo, Edward (1889). The history of Portugal, from the Commencement of the Monarchy to the Reign of Alfonso III. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. p. 470. Retrieved 25 October 2023.


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