Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza
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Infanta Isabel Maria | |||||
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Infanta of Portugal | |||||
Regent of Portugal and the Algarves | |||||
Tenure | 6 March 1826 – 26 February 1828 | ||||
Born | Queluz Palace, Portugal | 4 July 1801||||
Died | 22 April 1876 Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal | (aged 74)||||
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House | House of Braganza | ||||
Father | John VI of Portugal | ||||
Mother | Carlota Joaquina of Spain | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Infanta Isabel Maria of Portugal ( Portuguese pronunciation: [izɐˈbɛɫ mɐˈɾiɐ]; Queluz, 4 July 1801 – Benfica, then Belém, 22 April 1876 was a Portuguese infanta (princess) daughter of King John VI of Portugal and his wife Carlota Joaquina of Spain.
Biography
Early life
Her full name was Isabel Mary of Conception Joan Gualberta Anne Francis of Assisi of Paula of Alcântara Antonia Raphaela Michaela Gabrielle Joachina Gonzaga of Braganza and Borbón (Isabel Maria da Conceição Joana Gualberta Ana Francisca de Assis de Paula de Alcântara Antónia Rafaela Micaela Gabriela Joaquina Gonzaga de Bragança e Bourbon). She was a titular of the Great-Cross of the Order of Our Lady of Conception; Dame of the orders of Saint Isabel and of the Noble Dames of Mary Louise and awarded with the Starry Cross of Austria.
Regency
Because Prince Pedro, who was heir to the throne, had just proclaimed the independence of Brazil, Prince Miguel was in Vienna, Queen Carlota Joaquina of Borbón was exiled in Queluz and Isabel's older sisters (Maria Teresa and Maria Francisca of Assisi) had married to Spanish infantes (princes), Isabel Maria was chosen to be Regent of the Kingdom until the recently crowned Emperor of Brazil (Pedro I of Brazil and future Pedro IV of Portugal) returned. Pedro IV, however, immediately abdicated in favour of his daughter Maria da Glória (who became Maria II of Portugal), who was in London, with the condition that she should marry her uncle Miguel. Isabella Maria continued as regent until 1828, when a civil war started between absolutists, supporting Miguel, and liberals, supporting Maria II (called the Liberal War) that would end with a liberal victory and defeat and consequent exile of Miguel.
Later life
Isabel Maria retired from politics and turned her life to religion. She died unmarried in Benfica (at the time not a neighbourhood of Lisbon but a near town in Belém municipality) on April 22, 1876. She is buried in the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza.
See also
- Articles lacking sources from November 2007
- 1801 births
- 1876 deaths
- Female regents
- Regents of Portugal
- Portuguese infantas
- Portuguese royalty
- House of Braganza
- Burials at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora
- Dames of the Order of the Starry Cross
- People from Lisbon
- 19th-century Portuguese people
- 19th-century female rulers
- Dames of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa