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Infanta Doroteia of Braganza

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Infanta Maria Doroteia
Portrait by Vieira Lusitano
Born(1739-09-21)21 September 1739
Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Died14 January 1771(1771-01-14) (aged 31)
Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Burial
Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty
HouseHouse of Braganza
FatherJoseph I of Portugal
MotherMariana Victoria of Spain

Maria Doroteia of Braganza (Maria Francisca Doroteia Josefa Antónia Gertrudes Rita Joana Efigénia; 21 September 1739 – 14 January 1771), was a Portuguese infanta daughter of King Joseph I of Portugal and his wife Mariana Victoria of Spain.

Biography

Doroteia was born in September 1739 in Lisbon and was the third of four daughters of King Joseph. She was named after her great-grandmother, Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg. She was a proposed bride for Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (later known as Philippe Égalité), but she refused to marry him.

She died in Lisbon on 14 January 1771 and her body was moved to the national pantheon in the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon.

Ancestors

Family of Infanta Doroteia of Braganza
16. John IV of Portugal
8. Peter II of Portugal
17. Luisa of Medina-Sidonia
4. John V of Portugal
18. Philip William, Elector Palatine =22 & 30
9. Maria Sofia of the Palatinate
19. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt =23 & 31
2. Joseph I of Portugal
20. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
10. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
21. Infanta Maria Anna of Spain
5. Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria
22. Philip William, Elector Palatine =18 & 30
11. Eleonor Magdalene of the Palatinate
23. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt =19 & 31
1. Doroteia of Portugal
24. Louis XIV of France
12. Louis of France, Dauphin of France, le Grand Dauphin
25. Maria Teresa of Austria
6. Philip V of Spain
26. Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
13. Duchess Maria Anna of Bavaria
27. Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy
3. Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain
28. Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma
14. Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma
29. Princess Isabella of Modena
7. Elisabeth of Parma
30. Philip William, Elector Palatine =18 & 22
15. Dorothea Sophie of the Palatinate
31. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt =19 & 32

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 21 September 1739 – 14 January 1771 Her Royal Highness Infanta Maria Francisca Doroteia of Portugal

See also

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