Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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Stephanie | |||||
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Queen of Portugal and the Algarves | |||||
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Tenure | 18 May 1858 – 17 July 1859 | ||||
Born | 15 July 1837 Krauchenwies, Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | ||||
Died | 17 July 1859 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal | ||||
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Spouse | Peter V of Portugal | ||||
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House | House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
Father | Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern | ||||
Mother | Princess Josephine of Baden |
Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (Stephanie Josepha Friederike Wilhelmine Antonia; Portuguese: Estefânia; 15 July 1837 – 17 July 1859) was the Queen consort of King Peter V of Portugal.
Family
Born in Krauchenwies, Sigmaringen, in 1837, Stephanie was the eldest daughter of Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, head of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and his wife Princess Josephine of Baden. Her maternal grandparents were Karl, Grand Duke of Baden, and Stéphanie de Beauharnais.
She was also a younger sister of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, older sister of King Carol I of Romania, and aunt of King Albert I of Belgium.
Marriage
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Stephanie married King Peter V of Portugal by proxy on 29 April 1858 at St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin, where her eldest brother Leopold stood in for the groom. She was then married in person on 18 May 1858 at the Church of St. Dominic in Lisbon. Both bride and groom were a few months short of their twenty-first birthdays. Stephanie was received with much luxury and wrote home that the Portuguese understood luxury better than dignity. However she fell ill with diphtheria and died only a year later in Lisbon at the age of 22. During her short period as queen, she made herself a good name from the foundation of hospitals.
There were no children from this marriage. Her body was interred at the Braganza Pantheon inside the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon.
Pedro never married again and died of cholera on 11 November 1861. He was succeeded by his younger brother Luís.
Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
- 15 July 1837 – 18 May 1858: Her Serene Highness Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- 18 May 1858 – 17 July 1859: Her Most Faithful Majesty the Queen of Portugal and the Algarves
Ancestry
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External links
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- Marek, Miroslav. "A listing of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen". Genealogy.EU.
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