Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Queen Stephanie
Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Portrait of Stephanie by Karl Ferdinand Sohn, 1860.
Queen consort of Portugal and the Algarves
Tenure	18 May 1858 – 17 July 1859
Born	15 July 1837 Krauchenwies, Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Died	17 July 1859(1859-07-17) (aged 22) Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Burial	Pantheon of the Braganzas
Spouse	King Pedro V of Portugal
Names German: Stephanie Josepha Friederike Wilhelmine Antonia Portuguese: Estefânia Josefa Frederica Guilhermina Antónia
House	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Father	Prince Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern
Mother	Princess Josephine of Baden
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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

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

Family of Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

16. Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 8. Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 17. Countess Johanna of Hohenzollern-s'Heerenberg 4. Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 18. Philip Joseph, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg 9. Princess Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg 19. Princess Maria Theresa of Hornes 2. Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern 20. Pierre Murat 10. Pierre Murat 21. Jeanne Loubières 5. Marie Antoinette Murat 22. Aymeric d'Astorg 11. Louise d'Astorg 23. Marie Alanyou 1. Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 24. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden 12. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden 25. Landgravine Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt 6. Charles, Grand Duke of Baden 26. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 13. Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 27. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken 3. Princess Josephine of Baden 28. Claude de Beauharnais, comte des Roches-Baritaud 14. Claude de Beauharnais, comte des Roches-Baritaud 29. Marie-Anne Mouchard de Chaban 7. Stéphanie de Beauharnais 30. Claude de Lézay-Marnézia, marquis de Lézay-Marnézia 15. Claudine Françoise de Lézay-Marnézia 31. Marie-Claudine de Nettancourt-Vaubécourt, dame de Vaubécourt

External links

• Marek, Miroslav. "A listing of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen". Genealogy.EU.