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Infante António of Portugal

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Infante António
Portrait of Infante António of Portugal; 1740.
Born15 March 1695
Lisbon
Died20 October 1757
Lisbon
Burial
Names
António Francisco Xavier Benedito Teodósio Leopoldo Henrique
HouseHouse of Braganza
FatherPeter II
MotherMaria Sophia of Neuburg

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

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 and is buried at the Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty, in Lisbon. Through his natural son, Duarte, he is an ancestor of famous Brazilian lawyer and writer José de Alencar.

Ancestry